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Conviction: The Fuel of Exceptional Leaders

April 2, 2024 by Colin Gautrey

While vision lays the groundwork, conviction turns that vision into an inevitable future.

Through my extensive work with executives, it’s clear that mere belief isn’t sufficient.

True leaders foster an unshakeable conviction that their vision will materialise, irrespective of impending challenges.

Conviction provides resilience in the face of setbacks and cultivates a mindset resistant to doubt.

Once this potent belief is harnessed, only then should one ponder the ‘how’.

Without conviction, even the grandest of visions remains just a daydream.

 

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