I am here with a tough leadership lesson today grounded in truth.
As a leader, you won’t be liked in the short term.
Why?
As your leading responsibility grows and in most situations, you will be confronted with the need to make hard decisions.
Hard decisions that even if it’s the right decision, will upset people.
This is unavoidable.
Want an example?
Think about putting your kids down for bed.
This is the right decision for their well-being and that of your family dynamic.
However, at the moment, they are not happy with you because they want to stay up and play longer.
Hard but the right decision.
This is leadership my friend so embrace it.
I will leave you with a good life and leadership quote by the late Eleanor Roosevelt to put this lesson in context:
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”
