Patience at the right time can get the right result. Not everything should go through the “decision microwave”! Today on The Leadership Foundry Podcast, Brandon Smith and Randy Hain examine what causes our lack of time (which feeds impatience) and how we as leaders can be more mindful to slow down. As Randy states in the opening lines: Your goal as a leader should be to make patience your superpower.

3:00 To solve our patience problem, we must first recognize what’s feeding our impatience.

5:00 Brandon addresses anxiety and using patience as a tool to manage our emotional state.

6:30 Placing work initiatives “in the crockpot, not the microwave.”

9:00 Randy quotes Theodore Roosevelt: “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”

10:30 Setting clarity around expectations.

11:30 Sleep on it!

13:00 Brandon highlights some additional “crockpot” exercises.

15:00 Randy reminds leaders to be present during this process.

16:00 “Ti voglio bene” = “I want your good.”

19:00 How do we shift this practice of patience into life at home? Brandon and Randy discuss.

21:00 It’s not about you!

24:00 Moving from reactive to proactive patience.

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