18 Jul Leadership Nudge™ 162 – Don’t Be Good, Get Better
One of our Intent-Based Leadership® principles is “Don’t be good. Get better.” Why is that?
Don’t Be Good
When you want to be good, you’re often trying to proveThe Industrial Age play where demonstration of competency or avoiding exposure of incompetency is paramount. Prove is the domain of the “Be Good” self. task accomplishment or, sometimes, avoid appearing incompetent. You end up anxious, closed and defensive. You feel this ‘need’ to proveThe Industrial Age play where demonstration of competency or avoiding exposure of incompetency is paramount. Prove is the domain of the “Be Good” self. yourself.
Get Better
Getting better is an open, growth and learning orientation. We’re curious. We’re readily taking feedback and ultimately we get better.
If you get better at something by just 1% every month, in 6 years you’ll be twice as good at it.
The mindset is: “Don’t be good. Get better.”
Trying to “be good” crowds out the behaviors for getting better.
I’m David Marquet and that’s your Leadership Nudge.