by Jerry Colona
5*/10
Key Ideas:
Solve your problems and become a better leader through self-inquiry, self-awareness, mindfulness, honesty, and self-critique.
How have I been complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want?
What benefit do I get from the conditions I say I don’t want?
Other interesting notes:
Life doesn’t move in a straight line.
People are not logical.
Coaching questions / journaling prompts:
How did my relationship to money first get formed?
How did that relationship shape the work I’ve chosen, my definitions of success and failure, my view of my own worthiness?
At the end of my tenure in my current position, what would I like to feel about myself?
In what ways do I deplete myself and run myself into the ground?
Where am I running from and where to?
Why have I allowed myself to be so exhausted?
Who is the person I’ve been all my life?
What can that person teach me about becoming the leader I want to be?
Why are relationships so difficult?
What am i not saying to my life partner, my family, my colleagues, that needs to be said?
What’s being said to me that I’m not hearing?
What’s my purpose?
Why do I feel lost while i struggle to move forward?
How to I grow, transform, and build a life of meaning?
How has who I am shaped the ways I lead others and myself?
Which unconscious patterns might be showing up in my organization? How are they holding me back?
How has my heart been broken?
What have I learned about myself as a result of that heart being broken?
What does a life of peace and equanimity feels like
How will I know my work is done?
Thoughts on the book:
*The journaling prompts/questions are great. The concept of a Reboot is great (although won’t be super helpful for someone without these experiences). The ramblings about his life didn’t particularly inspire me.
If you like this, you’ll probably like: 7 habits, Coaching habit, Jerry on Tim Ferriss 1 2, Principles, Falling upward, books, Coaching prompts
Leo :) 