Episode 16: A Leadership Essential - The Importance of Being Comfortable Being Uncomfortable, Embodied By A University of Michigan Graduate

(Recorded 5-4-25)A very personal message about leadership. We spent the weekend in Ann Arbor, celebrating the Class of 2025. 🎓 We attended Commencement Ceremonies, spent time with dear friends and family and laughed 🤣 and cried 😭 about the last four years.During the weekend, I also took some time to reflect on how our daughter, Mia Cohen, was able to achieve her goal of attending, and now graduating with honors, from the University of her dreams. 🏫 For her, the journey was marked over and over again by her willingness to take the path less followed. To undertake challenges about which she was unsure and for which success hardly was guaranteed. To never underestimate the power of grinding as hard as possible. It really has come down to one thing - Mia has always been willing to be comfortable being uncomfortable.Leaders take heed. 👂 The easy path is almost never the one that will bear the most fruit. True success happens when we leave our safe space and venture outward, looking for those tests that will push us beyond our known limits. Mia Hope - I am incredibly proud of all you've accomplished. More than that, though, I'm in awe of your process and of your constant striving to be better tomorrow than you are today.Please comment, share and keep the suggestions coming!And, of course, GO BLUE!Duane Morris LLP Duane Morris Institute______________________________________________________Michael S. Cohen is a partner in Duane Morris’ Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of employment law training and counseling. Michael is a nationally-recognized thought leader on workplace culture and human resources issues. He has trained and counseled employers throughout the country and regularly conducts more than 200 trainings each year.Michael Cohen (215) [email protected]://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelscohen12https://www.duanemorris.com/attorneys/michaelscohen.htmlPronouns: he/him