“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.” The Roman philosopher Tacitus mouthed those words eons ago but they still ring true today.
As I study high performance individuals, teams, and leaders one thing always jumps consistently. These people got comfortable with uncertainty. Learning to be comfortable being uncomfortable led to increased alertness, aliveness, attentiveness, and spawned creativeness that ended where it almost always does…
Innovation.
The desire for predictability is fear based living. It might elongate survival. It might NOT. It will feel safe.
The desire to do something cool is, well, really cool. It might lead to quick death. It might NOT. IT will feel like you and your team are really alive. It might lead to a BURST of life. Very cool.
Why do you need everything to be perfect before you choose to ACT?
Why do you try to mitigate risk even in your personal life?
Why do you find your little victories losing their staying power?
Why do you love to ride the rapids?
Why do you love to climb the mountains?
Why do you love to try new restaurants?
Why do you love to find the “white roads?”
BUILT TO LEAD 