恐惧为何能造就更好的领导者

    以下是培养勇气的五条策略：

    1.要灵活机敏。我的座右铭是：“结果要明确，方法要灵活。”实现目标的方法要灵活机敏。最优秀的领导者会将思想领袖克里斯•阿基里斯的“双循环学习”付诸实践，他们可以对局面进行评估，调整自己的策略，改变自己的行动，但目光始终瞄准最终的结果。事情很少按照我们计划的方向发展。保持灵活机敏，可以让你克服突然出现的许多错误和障碍。

    2.知道自己做某件事的意义。维克多•弗兰克尔在《追寻人生的意义》（Man’s Search for Meaning）一书中说得很好：明确了意义，如何实现它就变得很容易。明确自己的梦想或挑战背后的意义。你为什么做这件事？只要知道了做某件事的意义，你就能找到实现意义的方式。

    3.要感性一些。是的，你没看错。一旦变得感性，你便有了意向。你与自己的梦想或挑战之间的情感联系越紧密，就越有可能驾驭这种能量。（关键是要在被情绪左右之前驾驭它们！）

    4.组建最优秀的团队。这便是同事的力量。在身边召集一批相信你、能激励你、希望你成功并且愿意分享挑战的人。人们经常会否定你的梦想或告诉你为什么你不能接受挑战，以此为自己的不作为寻找理由。组建一支能够帮助你实现目标的团队。

    5.经常放松自我。如果你筋疲力尽、不堪重负，总是过于紧张，你的精神会松懈，你的毅力会受到挑战。关键是要照顾好自己，寻找安静的时刻休息和反思。你需要拿出固定的时间，让自己放下手头事务，重新调整自我，彻底思考自己面临的挑战，找到新鲜的视角，整理自己的思想。

    面对困境，当我们采取措施的时候，当我们朝着让我们看不到黎明曙光的方向前进时，当我们走出自己的舒适区，突破恐惧边缘时，我们就能以自己从未想象过的方式成长和发展。虽然我很少见到有人对突破恐惧边缘之后的生活充满渴望，但直面挑战可以带来丰富的经历、活力和新的学问。你可能从来不会面对迫使你突破恐惧边缘的挑战，但培养自己的勇气，可以让你从容面对任何挑战或逆境。（财富中文网）

    本文作者卡米尔•普雷斯顿为虚拟领导力专家、作家、演讲家、高管导师，及领导力培训公司AIM Leadership的创始人兼CEO。点击下载她的免费电子书《重来的决心》（The Rewired Resolution）。

    译者：刘进龙/汪皓

    Here are five strategies to develop your grit:

    1.Be agile.My motto is, “Clear on the outcome, flexible on their approach.” Be flexible and agile about how you get to your goal. The best leaders live what thought leader Chris Argyris called “double loop learning”—they are able to assess situations, adapt their strategy, and adjust actions to consistently target their outcomes. Things rarely work out the way we plan. Agility will see you through the many stumbles and obstacles that will crop up.

    2.Know your why.Victor Frankl said it best in Man’s Search for Meaning: When the why becomes clear, the how becomes easy. Get clarity on the why behind your dream or your challenge. Why are you doing this? When you know the why, you can find the way.

    3.Get emotional.That’s right. You read that correctly. Once you havee-motion, you have motion. The more emotionally associated you are to your dream or to the challenge, the more you can harness that energy for good. (And it’s key to have the emotions before they have you!)

    4.Build the best team.It’s the power of peers. Surround yourself with people who believe in you, energize you, want you to be successful, and who will share the challenge. All too often people will shoot down your dreams or tell you why you cannot rise to the challenge so they can justify not pursuing their own. Build a team that can help you reach your goal.

    5.Unplug often.If you are exhausted, overwhelmed, and over-wired all the time, your spirits will sag and your perseverance will suffer. Taking care of yourself and finding quiet time for rest and reflection is key. You need to schedule regular times to step back, recalibrate, and gain perspective to think through your challenge, find fresh perspective, and unclutter your mind.

    When we take action in the face of adversity, when we move toward something that scares the living daylights out of us, when we move out of our comfort zone and past our terror’s edge, we can grow and develop in ways we never imagined. While I’ve met very few people who covet living life beyond terror’s edge, there is a richness, a vibrancy, and a new learning that comes from facing a challenge. You may never be faced with something that pushes you past your terror’s edge, but developing grit can lead you through any challenge or adversity.

    Camille Preston is a virtual leadership expert, author, speaker, executive coach, and the founder and CEO of AIM Leadership. Download her free ebook, The Rewired Resolution, here.