By the way, being reactive, you can be really good at being reactive.

Because what is being reactive? It means you're always solving problems.

Right? The moment that you sense that something is going to happen, that something could go wrong,

that there's a problem brewing, you are working on how am I going to prevent this from happening?

What's up guys? Welcome back to build. And today I want to talk about reacting versus leading.

So I wanted to talk about reacting versus leading today on the show because it's just something that's been on my mind all weekend.

I am doing quarterly planning, which means I go into a hole for usually a week and a half at a time where I block a lot of time from my schedule.

I usually work all day, Saturday, and Sunday.

And I'm constantly just thinking about the future rather than thinking about anything that's going on in the present.

And I'm usually pretty, you know, up front with my team, like I need to be, I need to have some quiet time, right?

Like, try and keep the fires away or keep the problems away, right? And when I was doing that, I'm looking at all the goals from the last few quarters, all the leaders and where they

stand with their goals, and who gets a lot done versus who doesn't get a lot done. Like,

the central theme that keeps resonating my mind is this one of being reactive versus being a leader.

And I'm coming with that aggressive frame because this applies to, it applies to

founders, to CEOs, to leaders and companies, like anyone that is leading a function, a team, a

business. By the way, being reactive, you can be really good at being reactive. Because what is

being reactive? It means you're always solving problems, right? And so a lot of people are like,

well, I'm a really good problem solver. And I'm like, okay, what? What's step 2.0 from that?

Step 2.0 from that is that you are good at preventing problems.

Right? The moment that you sense that something is going to happen, that something could go wrong,

that there's a problem brewing, you are working on how am I going to prevent this from happening?

And if you're honest, you probably already know that about yourself, right? And you probably can tell right now when you're listening to this, you're like, I am totally reacting right now.

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