479: Leadership is Changing Mashup | (ft. David Wood and Swami Raote)

How can facing fears lead to incredible personal growth and success?In this mashup episode, David Wood shares how facing fears can help you in your own journey. Through his personal stories, David teaches how reassessing, understanding what happened, learning from it, and moving on can help you make courageous decisions in life. In addition, Swami Raote dives into how to generate a growth mindset and its positive effects on your business and employees.Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to learn from the most inspiring leaders in the industry!In this episode:David shares the experiences that led to his revelations and inspirations in life and leadershipHow silly it is to let fear keep us from doing what will potentially lead to successHow Swami learned the art of people leadership by watching others and making decisions based on trusting yourself and othersThe importance of leaders reaching out for help and not having all the answersMain takeaways:When you go through an incident, reassess and then get back in thereIt’s good to have power over fear, but it needs to be balanced with humility You are the first person you need to lead To trust others, you first need to learn to trust yourselfIf you’re not good at what you do, you won’t be good at what you’re supposed to doQuotes:“If you want to move ahead in life, you have to learn to trust people, and you have first to learn to trust yourself.” - Swami Raote“I lean into my fears; that’s my natural orientation… If I’m afraid of something, I don’t want it to have power over me, so I lean into it.” - David WoodConnect with Denis: Email: [email protected]: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LeadershipIsChanging/Leadership is Changing LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadership-is-changing-podcast/