Visit BobbyPowers.com or my Substack Leader & Learner to learn how to become a stronger leader & a more curious learner. 🔥 Inspiring Quotes "The more I practice, the luckier I get." -Gary Player "Initium est dimidium facti." (Once you've started, you're halfway there.) -Old Latin proverb "The best way to become something is to do the work required to become something." -Gary Vaynerchuk "The worst prison in the world is having the talent and intelligence to achieve something great but lacking...
17 days ago • 4 min read
Visit BobbyPowers.com or my Substack Leader & Learner to learn how to become a stronger leader & a more curious learner. 🔥 Inspiring Quotes “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.” -Fred DeVito “Do not pray for an easy life, pray to be a strong person.” -Nadia Comăneci “Whenever you are stuck searching for the optimal plan, remember: Getting started changes everything.” -James Clear “There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.”...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Visit BobbyPowers.com or my Substack publication Leader & Learner to learn how to become a stronger leader & a more curious learner. 🧑💼 Quick Leadership Takeaway “Unlike traditional leadership responses—offering advice, jumping to solutions, or minimizing feelings—attunement is about being with another person instead of trying to fix them or the situation. Attunement is the art of full-body, non-judgmental presence. It’s when a leader deeply notices, actively listens, and signals to an...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Visit me at BobbyPowers.com to check out my latest stories. 🧑💼 Quick Leadership Takeaway "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected." -Steve Jobs One of the toughest aspects of leadership is that each situation demands a different approach. Few rules are true 100% of the time. For example, let's take one of the most hated management traits: micromanagement. It would be easy to say that you should never micromanage an employee. (After...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Visit me at BobbyPowers.com to check out my latest stories. 🧑💼 Quick Leadership Takeaway “What we need for leaders are [people] of heart who are so helpful that they, in effect, do away with the need of their jobs. But leaders like that are never out of a job, never out of followers. Strange as it sounds, great leaders gain authority by giving it away.” -Admiral James B. Stockdale I've been on vacation this past week in New Orleans & New York. Have you ever noticed that people generally have...
4 months ago • 2 min read
FYI - My email format is slightly different this month because I just moved to a new email service, but you'll still get the same great insights every month. 😃 🧑💼 Quick Leadership Takeaway A little kid once asked Walt Disney about his job. Here's how Disney described the conversation: Child: "Do you draw Mickey Mouse?" Walt: "No, I do not draw any more." Child: "Then do you think up all the jokes and ideas?" Walt: "No, I don't do that." Child: "Mr. Disney, just what do you do?" Walt: "Well,...
5 months ago • 3 min read