#60 Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

Jim Dethmer, founder of The Conscious Leadership Group shares practical advice about becoming more self-aware, ditching the victim mindset, and connecting more fully with the people in our lives.

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0:00.0	When we first started working with leaders years ago, we did a little bit of measurement around this,
0:04.5	and we saw that most people in organizations keep somewhere between 40 and 60% of their agreements.
0:21.0	Hello and welcome. I'm Shane Parrish and this is The Knowledge Project,
0:24.6	a podcast exploring the ideas, methods and mental models that help you learn from the best
0:29.2	of what other people have already figured out. You can learn more in step-to-day at fs.blogslashpodcast.
0:36.2	We have a newsletter, it comes out every Sunday called Brain Food. It's free and packed with all the best content
0:41.2	we've come across this week that's worth reading and thinking about. It contains quotes, book recommendations, articles, and so much more.
0:48.2	You can learn more at fs.blogslashnewsletter.
0:52.2	On the show today is Jim Duthmer. Jim is the founding partner at the Conscious Leadership Group
0:57.2	and has worked as coach and advisor to over 150 CEOs in their teams on Conscious Leadership.
1:02.2	He's also the co-author of the 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership.
1:06.2	I was first introduced to Jim at the recommendation of my friend Graham Duncan and I was hooked right away.
1:11.2	As you'll discover, Jim is full of practical advice on what you can do to be better versions of yourself.
1:16.2	Better partners to the ones you love, better colleagues to those you work with, and better parents to your kids.
1:22.2	We're going to deep dive on cultivating self-awareness through pausing and reflecting as well as understanding the role of feedback.
1:29.2	We discuss how awareness needs to lead to acceptance and not self-criticism in order to change behavior.
1:35.2	We talked about the victim mindset and how to get out of it.
1:38.2	Getting out of fear driven motivations like anger, guilt, and shame, and moving to more powerful and sustainable motivations like love and play.
1:46.2	I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Time to listen and learn.
1:53.2	Before we get started, here's a quick word from our sponsor.
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