3 truths of leadership, communication, and the human condition

I had a FANTASTIC time presenting to a roomful of entrepreneurial community leaders at my local chamber of commerce this week.

It is the most completely I have synthesized all of the ideas that have been percolating in my thoughts and consciousness this past year.

The feedback showed me my process and perspective is dense but powerful, and I even had some attendees confide to me that their leadership improved in challenging situations simply from reading the promotional materials for the talk. That was awesome to hear.

3 major ideas that are clearer to me after presenting this week:

1️⃣ The one thing I know at this point is that, even though none of us asked to be here, we are all in this together, each other is all we have, and that has to be a good thing. While there are wrong actions and outcomes, there is no wrong way to experience the human condition. This is a great moral responsibility that weighs upon us all, and our history is the chronicle of us collectively discerning this, which is still happening, and never will or can be completed.

2️⃣ The central paradox of our existence is that as growth-oriented beings we require endless opportunities to solve problems and heal traumas, which means the human experience can never be perfected, and this can cause great cognitive dissonance and existential despair, especially when sublimated. Awakening to this absurdity is the first step to finding peace, purpose, joy, and ultimately meaning.

3️⃣ As creative, entrepreneurial, leaders (which is all of us) our only work is persuasion and the only tool we have at our disposal is communication. This is true in all times and places. Communication is truly effective and authentic when it emanates from the conviction that arises around the perspective given by our unique vantage point within the human condition, and the vision that grants us of what is not yet here based on our entirely unique amalgamation of areas of interest, aptitude, and dissatisfactions.  Tapping into this will reveal effortless growth and expansion.

We exist, we see, we aspire.

We communicate, we persuade, we create.

That's the game.

Thanks to everyone who attended and supported me ❤