Strengthening the Fundamental Leadership Muscle

Agility of Mind is a fundamental leadership muscle, which essentially is about being bigger than your mind and moods. It is developed when one takes on the challenge of learning and excelling in a new sport, a new creative art form, reading books not normally read, not eating the desert when that is your favourite part of the meal, skipping your regular daily drink at the end of the day, eating salad & fruits when you would rather eat junk food, exercising instead of hitting the snooze button.

The question well may be - why stress yourself, why not take it easy, why not be compassionate to oneself? Couple of reasons -

1. It increases your creativity and productivity.

2. You become a super-ager functioning with extremely high levels (academically, professionally, and physically) well into your eighties.

3. The above two give you a great life with you experiencing higher levels of energy, well-being and happiness.

This year; I picked up golf, hindustani classical and gave up sugar to ensure I am still coaching with even more passion, enthusiastically doing the crazy roller-coasters screaming all the way up & down and joyously singing the national anthem at the top of my voice in a cinema hall; right into my nineties. What about you? Love, Jyoti. #leadership

​Further Reference: https://hbr.org/2017/02/when-was-the-last-time-you-took-on-a-new-challenge