Aligned Leadership

“It seems like the people you keep around you are important…You surround yourself with people who lift you up instead of bring you down…That energy, the way you maintain your surroundings, would you say that’s the biggest key to your success? The people who you keep around?”

Jeremy asked me that question during my guest appearance on the JMurrayAthlethics podcast, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since.

He pointed out that I have a mentor, Rory Miller, and I’m close to my Senseis. But he and John seemed most delighted that I also attributed my martial arts success to my employees at my restaurant that I owned with my husband.

Our ownership philosophy was to hire the best people, give them everything they need to succeed, and then get out of their way.

We trained them to be leaders so they could run the restaurant without us when needed.

In the evenings they would shove me out the door to go to class because they saw how much it benefitted me. They would say, “We would rather have you here 32 hours per week happy, than 50 hours per week depressed.”

I explained to Rory, “It’s in my selfish best interest to make my employees awesome so I can have more time to train.”

He smiled wryly and said, “That’s very Machiavellian of you.”

By which he meant our interests were aligned. I wanted to develop their talents, and they wanted their talents developed.

People talk about “curating” the people in your life, choosing who you keep around you.

But there’s also “cultivating” people, making each other better.

If people want you to succeed, you’re probably cultivating well.

Are your goals aligned so others win when you win?

Here’s the link to the episode:

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