Why Every Leader Needs a Hobby

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Management, Intentionality, Selfdevelopment, Education, Teamleadership, Personaldevelopment, Productivity, Self-improvement, Business, Achievement, Influence, Selfleadership, Leadership

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

You love your work. But when you concentrate your attention and energy solely in your work, you actually undermine your success. You narrow your perspective. You become more prone to burnout. And, you stunt your learning. The solution? Find a hobby. In this episode, Michael and Megan discuss what makes hobbies so important. They explore how hobbies improve your problem-solving, ignite your creativity, promote continuous growth, and reduce your stress. By adopting a hobby, you’ll stop getting caught one-track thinking and become a more versatile leader. In this episode, you’ll discover— How to adapt your expectations for hobbies to your life stage Why lateral thinking makes you a better problem solver What makes play so powerful Why being a beginner makes you a better leader How decreasing your stress improves your performance See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This episode of Lead to Win is brought to you by Michael Hyatt's countdown to 2021.
0:07.0	Join this exclusive newsletter and free community of like-minded achievers who are committed to turning 20-20's disappointments into 2021's greatest successes.
0:18.0	Learn more at lead to dot-win slash countdown. Hi, I'm Michael Hyatt.
0:25.0	And I'm Megan Hyatt Miller.
0:27.0	And this is lead to win, our weekly podcast to help you win at work and succeed at life.
0:32.0	Today we're going to be talking about a topic. to help you win at work and succeed at life.
0:33.0	Today we're going to be talking about a topic that is about business.
0:36.5	It has definitely a business impact, but at first you're not going to think so.
0:40.5	So give me the benefit of the doubt. It's why every leader needs a hobby. We're going to make the case, the business case, of how this can help you as a business person or an organizational leader.
0:54.8	So having a hobby makes you a better leader in at least four ways,
0:59.6	but I first want to talk about hobbies.
1:02.2	What constitutes a hobby? Because I talked to a lot of business owners
1:06.5	who say my business is my hobby, right?
1:10.1	That justifies them working 24-7.
1:13.6	If your business is your hobby, you really enjoy it.
1:15.9	I get that.
1:16.9	I like my work too.
1:17.9	But that's not a hobby.
1:19.4	I'm talking about when I talk about a have to just pipe up here for second because some of our listeners are like me and they're at a
1:36.6	similar stage of life and I'm 40 years old I have five kids ages 19 to one, and some of us are thinking there's not a lot of
1:48.3	time for hobbies when you're in this season of life.
1:52.2	And I think it's really important as we get into this topic.
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