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Ep. 15: Confidence Part 2

Inspiration

In the latest YL episode (Confidence Part 2), I discuss how to embrace your weirdness & that of others that leads to healthy confidence.

Weird is Good

  • Embrace our weirdness.
  • Take inventory of what we do that is unique.
    • Be detailed
    • Weird should not get labeled personally as a stigma, but a strength.
  • Weird usually brings new ideas and creativity to the world.
  • Things that remain the same or fit the mold don’t move the world forward.
  • A band you like that eventually everyone falls for.

Those that shame “weird” actions, often times lack confidence and creativity

  • They don’t want change and have significant interest in things remaining the same.
  • How the world currently works for them.
  • They may be threatened by change

To Embrace the Weird, We Must Build Our Confidence

  • It increases as a result of our experiences.
  • Stepping into the void and practicing
  • Achieving mini wins & milestones
  • Progress is progress

Those that have joy & those who struggle to find it

The Joy-us

  • The Joyus find the process to be life giving
  • They reflect back on the journey
  • They are grateful for each experience
  • They feel as if they have lived and are grateful for it
  • Hardship is part of it (I’m Still Standing by Elton John)
  • This approach helps confidence to row and manifest
  • They know that the hard times are part of the overall equation that ultimately creaes the next better version of them.
  • Lean into courage. I will go. I will move forward. Send me mentality

The Strugglers 

  • Those who struggle to find joy only concentrate on the end product.
  • Good will only come if I am able to complete it.
  • The process is viewed as a struggle and their is a narrow view of its actual harvest 
  • True healthy confidence is hard to obtain with this state of mind
  • Hard to establish consistency because the confidence is always being undermined by the hardships.

Can You Be Both?

  • Some aspects of my life I’m in the Joy-us state of mind. Some areas I struggle
  • It is a battle between the light and darkness.
  • I fight for the light. I fight for life.

Lean into the Joy-us and establish internal and external triggers that return you to it when struggling.

The Joy-us Athlete

  • What does it look like to be a joyus athlete?
    • Find a role an embrace it
      • Stop comparing your role to those that are further down the road than you.
      • Small seat at the table

Confidence is not knowing you have the ability to do something, but know you will try to do it.

Rob Bell

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The Culture Manager

Inspiration

A Culture Manager is responsible for the energy swirling through a work or living space. Culture is consciously and subconsciously felt and needs strategic nourishment by a willing leader and their allies. Through diligent study and implementation, great leaders can grow culturally sound environments organically. It requires a practitioner who models the behavior they are seeking. Their integrity is airtight, and decision-making has the greater good in mind.   

Who is responsible for the culture of a space?

  • Anyone who makes decisions that dictates the direction of an establishment.
    • High Command
    • Principals
    • Teachers
    • Coaches
    • Fathers / Mothers
    • Friends
    • Community Leaders

Core Values

These leaders must stand for something. They must be passionate about certain ideals that cultivate a successful domain. The core values stem from upbringing, life experience, family, and social circles. Great leaders are students of life and continually seek knowledge that shapes their interpersonal well-being. Stagnant leaders are those who are satisfied with their current state. Leaders with terrific core values draw near like-minded individuals with similar belief systems. The culture manager attracts and hires talented individuals moving in the same direction.   

Mission and Vision

Core values influence the Culture Manager’s mission and vision. These two statements are guiding lights to the organization—true intentions, which significantly impact building culture.

Bringing Trusted Allies on Board

Leaders will surround themself with professionals. They are in constant search of those who are emotionally intelligent, communicate well, and relate to others. These individuals make great team members and are culture builders. They value the leader’s direction, support them, and push to deliver their message effectively. To build culture, leaders can not afford poor recruitment.

The professionals must outweigh the amateurs. An organization will effectively function if most people have a team-first mindset. Leaders make little room for egocentric team members. Their alternate agendas stain the culture and stifle performance.     

Living Out the Mission and Vision

To build high functioning culture, leaders must live out their core values. There must be a continual dialogue about the mission and vision with built-in status growth reports. Culture Builders are seen and felt within a space. They always have the pulse of the environment, where they know their people beyond the surface. They take great interest in bringing opportunity to others and seek to understand their professional desires. This approach encourages others to pursue professional development and stimulates an extraordinary culture.

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