Your Learning Curve

Seth Godin in a recent post stated:

"𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘢 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭."

For leaders, these can be POTENTIALLY limiting beliefs, that is, believing that others have it all figured out, are completely sure of themselves, etc., and the leader may then use that internal narrative to judge themselves.

If that internal narrative can motivate us to continue on the learning curve then great. But if the narrative causes us to become indecisive and immobilized then it's important to assess what it may be costing you. The reality is sometimes those around you may be performing better, learning more quickly, etc. Fine. Decide what you want to do with that information. The key is to do something strategic with it and 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.