Decisions made

What they couldn’t get right is that leadership isn’t consensus. 

Leadership is standing up and saying, “Ladies, I will be in Cartagena on these dates to celebrate our birthday… by myself if I have to. I hope you can make it.”

Nini Nguyen, from What Leaders Can Learn From Type-A Personalities

I’m not a leader in business, but I would like to be a leader in my life generally.

And this is something I screw up all the time. Note to self.

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