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Leaders: Nurture your team’s momentum
How to inspire people to not drop the ball…
“If you don’t wish to be a hot-head, don’t feed your habit. Try as a first step to remain calm and count the days you haven’t been angry. I used to be angry every day, now every other day, then every third or fourth … if you make it as far as 30 days, thank God! For habit is first weakened and then obliterated. When you can say ‘I didn’t lose my temper today, or the next day, or for three or four months, but kept my cool under provocation,’ you will know you are in better health.”
What Epictetus is teaching us here is how to eliminate a bad habit, but you can also use his advice to build success one small step at a time.
Get a chain going, and then do your best not to break that chain. Gain momentum, and on the days where you really don’t feel like doing what you should or must do, go deeper. Reinforce your personal protocols when things go sideways. This is how we grow strong.
