Lately I've been asking myself the question about my best play or worst play as it pertains to leadership.
I've been involved in leadership in one way or another for the better part of the last 20 years...first as someone who was being grown and developed as a leader as a teen, then someone who was hired to be a leader and now someone who is learning to grow and develop leaders around me. During this time, I have personally felt tempted to try and make myself fit into a variety of different moulds or expectations. There were seasons where I wanted to change my personality or reinvent my passions in order to fit what other people were looking for...and in doing so, I often wonder if I was making my best play or my worst play in terms of leadership.
In a conversation I had with my wife recently, she shared this quote with me:
Oscar Wilde - Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken
Have you ever been tempted to try and be someone different than who you are as a leader? Have you ever wondered what your best play or worst play might be?
My best play...it's to help introduce people to their future. That's how I lead and that's who I am. I'm not ashamed that I'm different...I kinda like it. I'm learning to lead with this notion in mind; how about you?