On the heels of last episode’s “Trillion Dollar Coach” discussion, we now turn to the wisdom of another “coach” who unwittingly put his life in jeopardy in order to help someone else follow a dream.
And building on this coach’s assertion that “everyone has a big ‘but’,” we’ll explore the impacts that little “buts” can have on success and leave you with 3 things to keep in mind as you lead your team, your family, and yourself toward a more sustainable future:
1) You can openly acknowledge and embrace your "buts" without allowing them to drain your energy and slow you down;
2) You can help your stakeholders understand how to use their “buts” as an opportunity to grow; and
3) That while using blunt or negative words like "but" and “however” and “no” can have unintended consequences, artificially avoiding words that occasionally need to be said to others—and to yourself—can sometimes cause even greater damage.
ADDITIONAL “BUT” AVOIDANCE RESOURCES:
From Fast Company: “The One Word That’s Undermining Everything Else You Say”
From Marshall Goldsmith: “Do you begin Every Sentence with No, But or However?”
From Success Magazine: “5 Things Successful Leaders Don’t Say”
