Sometimes You Win Sometimes You Learn

Shepherds Advantage Leadership Podcast

The Robert Schuller Question: “What would you attempt to do if you knew you wouldn’t fail?”

The John Maxwell Question: “What have you learned from your failure?”

The Roadmap For Learning

Humility – The Spirit of Learning

Reality – The Foundation of Learning

Responsibility – The First Step of Learning

Improvement – The Focus of Learning

Hope – The Motivation of Learning

Teachability – The Teachability of Learning

Adversity – The Catalyst of Learning

Problems – The Opportunity for Learning

Bad Experiences – The Perspective of Learning

Change – The Price of Learning

Maturity – The Value of Learning

Improvement – The Focus of Learning

Improving yourself is the first step to improving everything else. It is the capacity to develop and improve that distinguishes leaders from followers. Improvement forces us out of our Comfort Zone – it requires a temporary surrender of security. Improvement is a daily exercise.

Teachability – The Attitude of Learning

The most important skill to acquire is learning how to learn. That skill begins with a teachable attitude.

The DNA of A Teachable Person

It all starts with a beginner’s mindset. How do you maintain a beginner’s mindset. It is a three-fold process: (1) Everyone has something to teach me (2) Everyday I have something to learn (3) Every time I learn something I benefit.

Problems Are The Opportunity For Learning

Do not wait for a problem to solve itself. Do not aggravate the problem. Communicate constantly and consistently. People respond to problems by often isolating from one another and communicating to one another.

Winning Isn’t Everything But Learning Is

Learning often decreases when winning increases. First-place is not an easy place to remain. WHY? “Been there – Done that!” The Entitlement Mindset. Playing to not loose.

There are two zones you need to be aware of:

(1) Your Strength Zone — what you do well, and

(2) Your Comfort Zone — what you feel comfortable doing.

To lessen your failure rate and be more successful you need to find the right combination of zones.

• If you’re…Outside of your Strength Zone and Outside of your

Comfort Zone = Bad and impossible to Win.

• If you’re…Outside of your Strength Zone and Inside of your

Comfort Zone = Bad and at best Average.

• If you’re…Inside of your Strength Zone and Inside of your

Comfort Zone = Good but not Great.

• If you’re…Inside of your Strength Zone and Outside of your

Comfort Zone = Great and continual Winning.

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