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John Cleese was a member of Monty Python and the centre of the timeless show Fawlty Towers. He is also the star of a long list of corporate training videos. In this article from 1988 in Forbes magazine he explains:
“….. unless we have a tolerant attitude toward mistakes might almost say a positive attitude toward them—we shall be behaving irrationally, unscientifically, and unsuccessfully.”
The challenge with enacting this idea is patience. I think that too often we want people to breeze through the learning phase and get to the performing phase; and unfortunately, that’s not how humans operate.
Patience is a theme that often comes up in my conversations with people; and I believe it can be cultivated, it’s one of those skills in your leadership kit bag that will get used every day.
If you are interested in improving your leadership skills drop me an email.
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