Dan Rockwell

When you follow me I hope you say that guy made my life better. Top 50 Leadership Expert. Top 30 Leader in Business. Prolific blogger. Co-author of The Vagrant.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Wanting approval is normal. The "disease to please" limits leadership.

Psychologist Harriet Braiker says the disease to please is compulsively saying “yes” when you want to say “no.”

You can’t please everyone.

Overcome people-pleasing…

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Learning from mistakes is hard. Ego, defensiveness, blame, avoidance, and fear prolong stupidity.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

My biggest mistake was not learning quickly from mistakes. I chose persistence over reflection.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Often attributed to Alfred Adler

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

“I like compliments, praises, flatteries; I cordially enjoy all such things and am grieved and disappointed when what I call a ‘barren mail’ arrives—a mail that hasn’t any compliments in it. – Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 3, (2015)

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Chronic dependency turns daily responsibilities into requests for help.

Chronic help-seekers transfer ownership to supporters.

Don’t reward those who choose assistance over empowerment.

The goal of help is more than comfort. It’s capability.

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When you don't teach, you end up correcting.

Teach more so you need to correct less.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Appreciation received becomes generosity given.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Blame is the refuge of people who refuse to learn from consequences.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Jack was a normal boy before he climbed the beanstalk. Alice was a normal girl before she went down the rabbit hole. Dorothy was an ordinary Kansas girl until she went to Oz.

Modern stories often feature extraordinary heroes. But ordinary heroes give us hope.

3 Ways to Find People Who BECOME Extraordinary

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[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Jack was a normal boy before he climbed the beanstalk. Alice was a normal girl before she went down the rabbit hole. Dorothy was an ordinary Kansas girl until she went to Oz.

Modern stories often feature extraordinary heroes. But ordinary heroes give us hope.

How to find extraordinary people?

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[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Confident leaders plan initial responses before they’re needed.

What's your first response to an angry person?
What's your initial response to being challenged?
What's the first thing you will do when something goes wrong?

Know what to do before you have to do it.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

People-pleasers say yes to the point that can't meet their own responsibilies.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Wanting approval is normal. The "disease to please" limits leadership.

Psychologist Harriet Braiker says the disease to please is compulsively saying “yes” when you want to say “no.”

You can’t please everyone.

Overcome people-pleasing…

https://t.co/utReNnj5cp

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

When you feel weak the responsibilities of freedom feel overwhelming.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

@IamHafizTariq That's a powerful question.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Put five coins in your left pocket. Move one to your right each time you encourage someone. Move all five before noon.

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

Fear doesn’t say, “Be a coward.”

It says, “Be careful.”

The timing isn’t right. People might disapprove.

Fear says save yourself.

Courage is action when fear invites retreat.

Courage isn’t feeling brave. It’s answering when fear is on the line.

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