385. Leaders & Followers

Most people have a goal… They start that special or important project… Then as soon as they hit a wall - they stop..! Completely Change directions and start doing something else… WHY do we do this… The simple answer is - DOPAMINE…. New projects and new things are exciting… Fun! Think of your new project like climbing a mountain… The new mountain is a new adventure – exciting – lots of dopamine. Then - at some point we meet the first obstacle and it gets hard… but we are so excited – we fight through it… and get a dopamine spike - then it gets fun again… for a while. But eventually as we move up the mountain there are more obstacles than fun stuff. We gotta make a break thru, but we don’t have the energy or the will. So, we put that project aside – and work on something easier… and that BIG ugly Important Thing – sits and waits… and waits… and waits. Today we are going to talk about how leaders build winning teams that overcome obstacles.