Overwhelmed? Try Leaning into Disorder
Deepak Chopra may be best known as a self-help guru, but he’s also a successful entrepreneur who claims to have built a multi-million dollar brand using only the power of his mind. In a seminar at Kellogg School of Management, Chopra told his audience that great leaders are those that can find wisdom in the midst of chaos:
“No matter how complex a situation looks, leadership is possible from one simple attitude: Being comfortable with disorder,” Chopra explained.
At no time has this been more true than in the past year, when the pandemic upended everyone’s best laid plans. If we’ve learned one thing, though, it’s the importance of being flexible; of having the presence of mind to pivot when necessary and abandon old systems when they’re no longer relevant.
This can be especially difficult for entrepreneurs, who have a tendency to be stressed-out control freaks. But as scary as it is to let go, the truth is that we are never really in control in the first place.
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