Everyday Leadership

Getting out of the Golden Handcuffs: Failures & Lessons as a Leader with Laura Gassner Otting
EPISODE 83 • SEASON 01:03:18
"We love to talk about failure in hindsight...the question is not whether you’ll fail or not, the question is will you learn, from the failure?"

Redefining our understanding and relationships with failure and challenges, is what set certain people apart. You know the ones that seem to remain so calm and zen regardless of what’s happening?

The one thing they have in common, alongside this week's guest, is knowing that failure is a potential lesson, and it’s definitely an opportunity for something new. So how do you get out of your bubble and learn to listen to yourself rather than others? How do you discover doors and reach the success, that you want, the true authentic you?

In this weeks episode, Laura Gassner Otting and I discuss how you can positively move through any space with authenticity and understanding of yourself. It’s about trying to get some hindsight before it happens. So don’t always look and listen for help externally, as you are the only one that can lead yourself.

About Laura Gassner Otting

Author, Catalyst, and Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief.

She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and a catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes.

Laura’s rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor’s presidential campaign, and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps. Some topics discussed

  • Finally finding “your people”
  • Listen to others & listening to your gut
  • “Fake it till you make it” can lead you to gold handcuffs
  • Easy to connect the dots backwards
  • Are we getting over-guru’d?
  • Recognising the bumpy journey of life and falling forward
  • The 3 lies stopping our authentic journey
  • The power of manifestation

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