Writing I Love — The Big Leap

The writings on this site are all around #OpenLeadership. Having worked for many years as a leader and with leaders in all kinds of ways, I endeavour to look beyond typical writing and thinking on the topic, and often for me that means looking within, to self-leadership.

This week’s writing I love is an eminently readable book full of relatable stories and case studies that support self-leadership. A little on the book, then some thoughts and tips from me around the lessons given.

So…

What limits do you place on yourself ?

Take a moment please over this question.

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I said take a moment, quietly.

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I hear you.. “I don’t place limits on myself !”

Yes, you do… we all do, to at least some extent.

Gay Hendricks captures this as the “Upper Limit Problem” in his book The Big Leap.

We all have one or more of the four hidden barriers.

First, WHY do we have these ?

Gay Hendricks :

“Each of us has an inner thermostat setting that determines how much love, success and creativity we allow ourselves to enjoy. That thermostat setting usually gets programmed in early childhood. And, once programmed, our Upper-Limit thermostat setting holds us back from enjoying all the love, financial abundance and creativity that’s rightfully ours.”