You are not making enough mistakes to be a great leader one day!

Have your 20-something old ass been shamed by a 40+ years old leader for being emotional and not thinking big/ thinking about company first/ from a leader’s perspective

or,

not being experienced enough and unable to see the bigger picture and asking too many WHYs

I have news for you, They are NOT wrong in the vocabulary of that advice

but what they ARE absolutely wrong in

I have been given the “golden advice” in so many ways over the many years in my 20s and every-time i asked WHY a project was shelved / why the particular leader’s erratic ways of working are tolerated/ why am I asked to adjust my mindset instead of being explained to me the bigger picture .

I am happy to report that I am on the other side of the bridge where I find the advice actually to be true for good leadership (however I still find snooty advice givers extremely wrong in shaming younger people for being passionate and a different points of view!)

This is the change in mindset I have noticed because of my experience/age and because I was aggressive and passionate about my ideas when i was younger!

The only reason I appreciate and acknowledge the fun i derive in solving problems NOW (at not so young age of 33!) is instead of wanting to prove that I belong at the table is because I once upon a time cared too much about proving myself and looked at problem solving differently and wrongly and I am so glad I made all those mistakes of speaking up when nobody else was, of bursting into tears in front of a CXO when the project I worked day and night on got shelved or resisting to adapt my tone with a specifically arrogant company leader!

So, please for God’s sake make those mistakes, Please be emotional , Please be authentic. You can only be a better you only if you stay authentic and true to yourself!

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