Finish Hard: A Note to Young Leaders in Tough Times

A note to young leaders.

Have you found 2024 to be a challenging year? Join the club.

When the economy slows, most relationships go into reflection mode.

And since humans aren’t that good at self-reflection, we tend to focus on the faults in others – rather than in ourselves.

Easier to look out the window than to look in the mirror.

This is treacherous terrain for leaders. Victory has a thousand fathers but defeat is an orphan.

Think less, act more.

As the year approaches its end, don’t just amble across the finish line, break the finish tape hard. Start the new year with running momentum.

Those who do, will reap their harvests in 2025 and 2026.