Writing Social Leadership Daily is a masterclass for me in the art of prevarication. Some days I just write it straight away, taking just a few minutes, which is really what this work is supposed to be about. Other days - like today - I think about it, get stuck, worry, delay, think too much again, almost give up, then finally get there.
It’s worth me reflecting on the forces that act upon me as I delay: it’s not the time - it really takes me about as long to write these words as it takes you to read them. But rather, perhaps, it’s because I worry about the ‘worth’ of the words. And how they will impact your perception of me, and of this space. As if I have to be ‘perfect’ every day. Which, of course, I am not.
So even in this space where - let’s be honest - you have no ‘power’ over me, I still worry. So my perception of the landscape that my words will land in causes me to write with great care - for better or worse.
I’m unsurprised by this: social judgement is the top thing people tell me in the research that ‘acts upon them’ as they consider their action.
Use your sixty seconds today to consider what forces act upon you when you share your ideas and insights - and do those forces make you more, or less, effective?
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