Our church is hosting the global leadership summit. This is, by far, one of my favorite events to attend every year: the learning, the relationships, and how God moves through leaders in our region.
Here are a few takeaways from the session with Jon Acuff on “Building a winning mindset”:
- A goal is the fastest path from where you are today to where you want to be tomorrow.
- Starting is fun, but the future belongs to finishers.
- Overthinking wrecks more leaders than anything else.
- Overthinking is the most expensive things business invest in every year without even knowing it.
- Overthinking is when what you think gets in the way of what you want.
- The soundtrack changes everything, and we have a soundtrack for every part of our lives.
- The longer we listen to repetitive thoughts, the more it becomes part of the playlist of our lives.
- Soundtracks are the culture of a company.
- Great thoughts lead to great actions. Great action leads to great results.
- Great leaders:
- Retire broken soundtracks
- Replace them with new soundtracks
- Repeat until automatic.
- Ask the loudest soundtracks these questions:
- Is it still true? Don’t assume all your thoughts are true.
- Is it helpful? Does the soundtrack push us forward or pull us back?
- Is it kind?
- Google wondered, “What do the most successful teams have in common?”
- Psychological safety: a shared belief held by the team that members are safe for interpersonal risk-taking.
- You can ask questions, suggest new ideas, and admit you’re wrong without being treated poorly by the team.
- You only get to fix mistakes that you admit.
- Leaders who can’t be questioned end up doing questionable things.
- We struggle to know how to replace soundtracks because we think we can’t choose our thoughts.
- Thoughts come by choice or chance.
- Great leaders always pick ahead of time, and they pick thoughts that are actionable.
- You have a soundtrack for every person in your life.
- Empathy: Understanding what someone needs and acting on it.
- What do the people you care about, care about?
- It is much better to meet a need instead of inventing a need.
- You’ll get out of touch if you don’t listen to people’s needs.
- Everyone wants to know: Do you see me? Do I matter?