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Let Go

by DW Green — September 28, 2022

Leadership grounded in love produces an enduring value that lives in your heart and not on your résumé.

When you let go you are free. Free to see and to act without filters. Difficulties will arise, celebrations will erupt, titles and people will come and go…and you will have gleaned the most you could from every moment and created experiences that will change you and the people you serve. Pay attention to the things you hold onto in your leadership. The things that bind you. Look at them unflinchingly and see them for what they are. Then let them go.

Let go of…

Control – You don’t really have it anyway. If you think you are in control rest assured that circumstances will conspire to teach you otherwise.

Outcomes – Allow things to unfold differently than you imagined. The way you see the outcome determines what it will mean to you, not the outcome itself.

Fear – When you are afraid, you project thoughts, attitudes and beliefs onto people and situations creating serious leadership blind spots.

Knowing – When you let go of knowing you create room for learning. Otherwise, you are stuck.

Proving – Trying to prove to someone else that you are “worthy” or that you deserve “respect” is a bottomless pit.

Achieving – Who you are becoming is more important than what you are achieving. Be. Then do.

Importance – Needing people to need you is not healthy. It leads to creating problems that only you can solve. Less you, more them.

Comparison – Be true to yourself and stick to the path your heart has given you. Your journey is unique.

and…

Hold on to love.

Leadership grounded in love produces an enduring value that lives in your heart and not on your résumé. True love inspires freedom, not possession.