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Here's your success mentor Darren Hardy.

Hey, I think I need to remind the world of something. Leaders are human beings too.

They have a heart, they have feelings, and they need love just like everybody else.

There is a ton of advice and articles and podcasts and

and training programs on how to be a better leader.

Hell, I've given you a lot of that advice right here on Darren Daly and do

podcast and developed a training program on it on how to be a better leader.

But there's almost nothing on having empathy for your leaders. Over my 30 plus years in business I

cannot remember a more difficult and stressful environment to be a leader in

than right now. Pandemics, shutdowns, technology transformations, the great resignation, broken

supply chain problems, all against a backdrop of their team dealing with mental health, political polarization, the cancel,

culture, diversity, inclusion, social justice, etc.

All those leading teams are at an age where they are also responsible for both children at home and or aging parents.

However, the strain that these massive changes placed on leaders are often invisible, ignored, and not even considered by the people

that they lead. This is why being a leader can be a very lonely and isolating job.

Hey look, I know it's easy to see why leaders, personal struggles get overlooked.

When we face difficult situations or setbacks, it's human nature to think of our own point of view, our own problems, and our own needs first,

and then point to everybody else about how they need to fix our problem.

We tend to focus on how everything affects us, rather than thinking about others, particularly the people responsible

for taking care of us. But you see, leaders cannot think that way. We have to think about

others.

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