Leaders don’t hear “no”
Nice post by Henry Albrecht here on SmartBlog.
My favorite part:
Leaders don’t hear “No.” They might hear “Not now,” “Not in your lifetime” or even “Not within the known laws of physics.” But those are just temporal and logistical challenges. Whether you call it hope, optimism or self-efficacy, it’s infectious. Relentless, resilient, results-focused people love the challenge inherent in ‘No.’
I’ve never thought of it that way, but he’s nailed it. Whenever I heard someone tell me we couldn’t do something, it only made me work harder to accomplish it.
