Episode #14 Look Beyond Yourself
One of the most critical skills that leaders can master is the ability to see the bigger picture. Dr. Michael Brown has a conversation this week with Casey Greenawalt about a counterintuitive key to personal growth.
Show Notes
Life is bigger than me. I’m not the only person here.Gabe Dunbar
Three Problems
- Our default posture in life is to look no further than our own desires.
- We will never become the best versions of ourselves if we only ever look at ourselves.
- Until we take the time to consider others’ perspectives, our perspectives will remain incomplete.
Three Principles
- We may be the main characters in our own story, but we are not the main characters in everybody’s story.
- Paradoxically, the more of ourselves that we offer to others, the more of ourselves we will have left to give.
- Great questions deepen relationships, increase understanding, and elicit questions in return.
Three Practices
- Enter each environment committed to being more interested in others than interesting to others.
- Regularly utilize the phrases “Help me understand…” and “Tell me more about…” prior to sharing your own perspectives.
- Approach conflict with the question, “How is this affecting us?” rather than with the question, “How is this affecting me?”
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