LEADING CHANGE: No FAKING Allowed...
Yet another MYTH that paints the wrong picture--and UNDERMINES Confidence!
MYTHS…FAKE, FALSE, or maybe just bad coaching toward a LACK OF UNDERSTANDING.
LOGICAL Sayings that may sound or seem OK, but FAILS in getting individuals and/or teams to the desired result.
We’ve talked about several of them here, like TIME IS MONEY.
Not True. Time is so much more VALUABLE than MONEY.
Earl Nightingale once told us in The Strangest Secret, “In the area in which MONEY WORKS, there is NO SUBSTITUTE for Money.”
Gotta have it, but at what PRICE?
Another example of a MYTH that’s at the very least BAD COACHING and LACKING LEADERSHIP is the old selling standby…
FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT!
Ugh. I absolutely loathe this one. FAKING anything is just that— FAKE!
And what’s worse than lying to others is LYING TO YOURSELF.
How many times have you heard that one?
As a young salesman I heard trainers and managers, all well-meaning I’m sure, go on and on about FAKING it till you actually could DO IT! If you ever really did.
Years later it caused me to go to work on communicating…POWERFULLY, an alternative to that one. Better Objective?
Here’s mine—
Live LIFE Like You’re Already THERE!
It’s actually a form of REHEARSAL for the REAL THING.
And it’s a way of PREPARING for the DESIRED RESULT while being TRUTHFUL with yourself and giving a great example for others. Especially those we’re charged with LEADING.
Leading the kind of CHANGE that we all want and challenging individuals to get there. It’s a great lesson on PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Living LIFE like you want to FEEL when you actually arrive there. Like you’re really enjoying your LIFE and your level of SUCCESS (whatever that is now) on the way to where you actually want to be or what you desire to achieve.
ASPIRING brings GREATER VALUE, and FAKES are a dime a dozen.
Better Coaching brings WISDOM and a sense of SELF WORTH that is TRUE TO YOU and others, with nothing FAKE about it.
Give it a try and see if you agree.
Have a great week,
Michael
EDITORS NOTE:
Michael York is an accomplished AUTHOR and SPEAKER...as well as the Co-Founder and Host of CETV.
In 2022 He was named “Most Unique Leadership Coach” by Corporate Vision International, and in 2023 was awarded the “Transformation Coach of the Year” by Wealth and Finance magazine.
He is an award-winning CONSULTANT and COACH retained by ORGANIZATIONS for his contribution to the improvement of HUMAN POTENTIAL, PERSONALLY as well as PROFESSIONALLY.
He is the RADICAL IMPROVEMENT CATALYST behind major advancements with his clients over two decades and the EVIDENCE of his EXPERTISE is confirmed by empirical RESULTS, some of which can be seen at www.MichaelYork.com