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Episode 183 | Free to Lead: Unleash Your Hidden Leadership Genius | Will Steel What are your hidden beliefs that keep you from fulfilling your purpose as a people leader? What's the invisible script or background soundtrack playing in your head? What are your blind spots as a result of this head trash? How do you dismantle the constraints that limit your performance and your fulfillment so you can act freely, lead powerfully, and create results that once seemed impossible? Transform your approach to leadership on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette and Will Steel. Will helps people leaders around the world dismantle the constraints that limit their performance and fulfillment, enabling them to lead with clarity, purpose, and authenticity. His new book is "Free to Lead: Unleash Your Hidden Leadership Genius." Listen as Will explores: ☀️ How he failed RAF officer training by keeping his head down, then graduated with a leadership trophy by just being himself ☀️ Why his hidden belief "I'm not as good as people think I am" kept him from fulfilling his potential as a pilot ☀️ How vision work requires every single person to align and own it, not just numbers but being leaders in their field ☀️ Why if someone can do 80% as good as you, that's a win because you're not doing it and you get to sleep ☀️ The power of stopping blame and taking responsibility for everything as the source, not the victim Will transforms how leaders think about their constraints by proving that when you stop blaming others or circumstances and take full responsibility, you become forever powerful because you're the source of all of it, not at the effect of anything. 🔑 Key Insight: "I tried to be what I thought I was supposed to be during RAF officer training - keeping my head down, staying out of trouble. After 16 weeks, my flight commander said he couldn't graduate me because I was like a ghost. So I did it again and said screw it, I'm just gonna be myself. 18 weeks later I graduated with a leadership trophy because I was just being myself. When I work with teams on vision, every word has to fit. If one person says 'I don't think that's true because we do this,' we wait and resolve it. We change one word if needed until everyone aligns. By the end, people read it out and it's theirs, they've created it together, they own it. If someone can do 80% as good as you, that's a win. Why? Because you're not doing it." 💡 Your DOT (Do One Thing): Stop blaming others, the situation, or the circumstances and take responsibility yourself. Stand in it and say "Alright, this has happened. How can I be responsible for all of this?" It's not blame. You're not blaming yourself or beating yourself up. You're simply taking responsibility. When something fails, instead of saying "They're terrible and they don't know how to do their job and I shouldn't have to tell them all this," say "I'm responsible for that. I didn't really tell them exactly what I needed to have happened." Come from a place where you stop blaming anybody else and stand as responsible for all of it. You're the center of the universe in your company or business. Once you do this, you're forever powerful because you're not at the effect. You're not a victim of anything. You are the source of all of it.
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