#92 | 4.25.25 - The Day I Didn’t Want to Lead / Why Conversations Are Better With Four People / How Gen Z Is Turning Business Upside Down / Tommy Boy + Bon Jovi = Awesome
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The Day I Didn’t Want to Lead
Most leadership blogs won’t tell you this, but I will:
There are days I don’t want to lead.
Not because I don’t love the people, not because I’ve lost passion. But because I’m human.
One day not long ago, I sat in the parking lot of my workplace and stared through the windshield, engine off, heart heavy. Nothing dramatic had happened. I wasn’t facing a crisis or a confrontation. It was just a day when the weight of leadership felt heavier than usual. Have you had those days?
The emails, the meetings, the expectations, the pressure to be “on” when I was feeling… off.
I had two choices:
Arrive as I was
Arrive as I think I should be
I chose #1.
It wasn’t flashy. I didn’t deliver a TED Talk. I didn’t solve world hunger in a team meeting. I just showed up.
I asked questions I didn’t have answers to.
I said, “I don’t know” out loud, more than once.
I decided to let those around me in and admitted, “Today’s a hard day.” Immediately afterward, something happened. People leaned in.
In that moment, I was reminded that when leaders are honest—really honest—it doesn’t make others lose confidence. It makes them feel safe.
What I learned that day:
Leadership isn’t about always feeling ready. It’s about showing up anyway.
Vulnerability isn’t a liability. It’s a bridge.
Some of your strongest moments as a leader will come on your weakest-feeling days.
If you can relate to this, take courage - you don’t need to be flawless, just present. That’s where real leadership lives.
Why Conversations Are Better With Four People
Professor Robin Dunbar, an anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist at the University of Oxford presents an interesting hypothesis. He even draws some conclusions about Shakespeare!
How Gen Z Is Turning Business Upside Down
“This whole entire generation is about to turn all of our business models on its head”
- Hootsuite CEO Irina Novoselsky
Novoselsky has spoken with over 500 Gen Zers to uncover exactly how they research, evaluate, and decide to spend money. There’s some great info in here.
Tommy Boy + Bon Jovi = Awesome
It’s ironic that I reference Tommy Boy and Bon Jovi after a Gen Z article. So, if you’re wondering, “Who’s Tommy Boy and Bon Jovi?”, save yourself a click. If you DO know who both those people are, then you owe it to yourself to check this out (with the sound on, of course) 😆
If you're 37, instead of regretting that you can't wake up at age 18 again, pretend that you're 90 and woken up at age 37, and that you get to magically have the next 50 years again.
- Anonymous