DO THIS To Turn Your FEAR INTO FUEL & Start Living Your TRUE PURPOSE| Lisa Nichols & Lewis Howes

Embracing Discomfort

Lisa Nichols discusses the necessity of embracing discomfort in leadership. She emphasizes that true leadership often requires making unpopular decisions for the greater good. Lisa shares a personal story about breaking her ankle to illustrate that growth often involves pain and discomfort 1. She also explains that many people settle for mediocrity because it requires less effort than striving for excellence 2.

Leaders lead even when it's uncomfortable to lead. You don't choose convenient leadership. You choose leadership.

--- Lisa Nichols

   

Standing by Convictions

Lisa underscores the importance of standing by one's convictions, even when it's inconvenient or unpopular. She advises quantifying the cost of inaction to motivate oneself to overcome fear and pursue their purpose 3. Lisa also highlights the difference between playing to win and playing not to lose, emphasizing the need to aim for success rather than merely avoiding failure 4.

Speak to inspire and speak to disrupt for forward moving conversations.

--- Lisa Nichols

   

Balancing Emotion

Balancing emotion and logic is crucial in leadership, according to Lisa. She shares her experience of receiving backlash for not being publicly passionate enough about social justice issues, explaining that she needed to act responsibly given her influence 5. Lisa stresses that while emotion can fuel actions, decisions should be grounded in logic and information for long-term impact 6.

Allow emotion to be the gas in your car. But make sure logic and information are at the steering wheel.

--- Lisa Nichols