Joy of Leadership: Surprise Opportunities

About Me

Name: Shar McBee

Shar McBee is a motivational speaker, a consultant, and the author of two bestselling books. Shar had never received management training when she was suddenly put in charge of supervising 500 people. It was hard. People wouldn't cooperate. They wouldn't do what they were supposed to do. Even worse, they criticized Shar for what she did. Finally, a wise mentor taught Shar a leadership secret. She tried it and it worked amazingly. In business, it made it easy to attract customers. On volunteer projects, it made it very easy to attract volunteers and donations. (In some cases, the increase was as much as 500 %.) Today Shar McBee speaks at about 35 leadership conferences each year. Sharing her secret with new managers and volunteer leaders, Shar has helped over 150,000 people become better leaders. When they learn the Joy of Leadership method, instead of feeling frenzied, being the leader becomes fun.

Friday, September 28, 2007

Surprise Opportunities – Don’t Miss Them

The other day I was playing tennis
and hit a very good shot.
It went hard to the back court.
My opponent had to scramble to return it.

And guess what?
I was so busy congratulating myself,
that I missed the next point.

It’s hard to be modest about our achievements.
The same is true when we flub.
We tend to dwell on our mistakes
and on our magnificence.

Both take us out of the moment.
Both prevent us from being receptive to
what comes next.
(Which is what happened to me when I got lost
in my self congratulation.)

Doing the right thing requires that we stay
balanced and present NOW - in the moment.
If we don’t, we expose ourselves to danger
and miss the opportunities that come
in surprise moments. – Shar McBee

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