Leaders are Dummies

I’m a big fan of the “For Dummies” book series. What makes me enjoy those books is that at a certain point we’re all dummies (sorry if you feel offended), I really think it is like that. For example, the first time you sat behind the steering wheel of a car, or tried to ride a bike, or tried to say something in a different language. Well, I’m 99% certain you looked and felt like a dummy.

If you ever happen to have one of those books in your hands you’ll see the easy way they show the subjects and the hilarious way they try to put things so you can grasp every possible useful bit of the information they give in a funny way. What’s so good about the dummies books, is that they don’t pretend you’re an expert or you should be to read them. All the contrary, they pretend you know nothing about what they’re trying to teach you. But most important, they try to make it fun That’s why I like those books that much.

Dummies books bring to my head the following thoughts:

1. Leadership as a human activity surely falls in the category of activities where you look and act like a dummy sometimes. We weren’t born pro baseball players, pro NFL players, or any other activity. We needed to practice a lot, study a lot and strive to be as good as we are in whatever that is. When we started we were all ” dummies ” and somehow we turned into experts.

2. No matter what the activity, learning can and should be fun. Don’t be discouraged because you don’t know much about leadership, or the theories, or the latest management fad, or about the new book of Tom Peters, or Ken Blanchard, or about Six Sigma. Do not worry too much *about what you don’t know, look at what you know, and what you can do with that. And If you need to learn more, then try to do it the fun way. Not the easy way, but the fun way*.

A good leader always should feel like a dummy, because he/she knows there’s always a situation or place where he/she is a dummy at. So he/she is open to learn and listen.

LEADERSHIP ACTIONS

1. Be open to learn.
2. Don’t be afraid to feel like a dummy. You probably feel like that, because you don’t know. Feel happy instead, there’s a huge chance to improve and expand yourself.
3. *Every master was once a dummy*, remember that might be your chance to improve.

Don’t Be Afraid To Feel like A Dummy

Be Alert, Be A Leader

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