Leadership

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Leadership is like driving a manual car. You start in first gear, and you have to gather speed before you can switch to second gear. If you spend too much time changing, then you’d have to go back to first gear again, or else the car might stall. As a leader, you have to start slow, and build your company or group or family up slowly, taking one gear at a time.

Sure, you can miss gears, but that puts a lot more strain on the engine. And to quote someone I know, “It’s more strain than it needs”

Your car will also run out of fuel. The solution? Fill it up. You can’t run on empty all your life. You need to take your focus off your work and just be you. Guess what, you’re allowed to go on that holiday. Work will wait. The world won’t end. It will still be running when you get back, and you’ll have more steam than before.

If you speed up too fast, then you use petrol faster. (Unless you have a diesel…) So take it slow. You have a life ahead of you. Don’t worry. You’ll get to fifth gear.