When it comes to leadership, we often need to make decisions – some with time to think about, others are required in the moment where instinct kicks in.
The average adult makes 35,000 choices a day. This equates to nearly two hours of decision making on any given day. I’ve never given this much thought, but wow – that makes me wonder how many of these decisions do I make subconsciously. If we think about our responses in conversations, a decision is made on what we say…is that more often than not a subconscious response?
On the flip side making decisions about behaviour for example needs to at times be 100% conscious. It allows us to make hard tasks do-able, it enables us to live according to our values and standards even when we really want to remove our filter and tell someone what we really think or behave in a way that we will regret later.
Making conscious choices about our integrity can be challenging, but can I encourage you to stick to your standards and values and make that hard choice and live it out. Grit your teeth, and step by step live out that decision when it comes to integrity.
This quote from General Norman Schwazkoph really puts our choices into perspective:
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without strategy.
What will you choose when the going gets tough?
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