The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish #43 Jennifer Garvey Berger: The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders
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Oct 16, 2018 
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Leaders Are Developed, Not Born
- Leaders are developed through experience and intentional growth, not solely through inherent traits.
- Wisdom, essential for effective leadership, is cultivated over time and can be accelerated with effort.
Adult Development: Expanding Worldview
- Adult development involves expanding one's worldview and gaining perspective on previously unseen aspects.
- Over time, fixed lenses become choices, increasing options and wisdom.
Examples of Perspective-Taking
- A father, focused on providing material goods, couldn't grasp his teenagers' emotional distress about moving.
- A newly promoted leader struggled to manage others' perceptions of her, highlighting the socialized mind's dependence on external validation.