Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast REVERB 26: Beyond High Performance: How Great Leaders Keep Getting Better
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Oct 13, 2025 Discover how workplace mindsets shape leadership growth. Differentiate between four archetypes: prisoner, mercenary, missionary, and athlete. Learn why an athlete's mindset drives continuous improvement and daring visions. Overcome fear and comparison to pursue personal and organizational potential. Explore the importance of modeling genuine learning over simply teaching. Delve into the need for imagination and a bold vision in leadership, and embrace the adventure that comes with challenging the status quo.
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Adopt The Athlete Mindset
- The athlete mindset focuses on constant improvement and competing against yourself rather than others.
- Asking "What are we capable of?" expands possibility beyond solving the next problem.
Success Breeds Complacency
- Success can mask complacency and cause organizations to marry their model instead of the mission.
- That complacency closes the question of what could be and reduces improvement.
Graded Against Potential
- Andy recalls a college professor, Dr. Rifkin, who graded him against his potential, not the class.
- That blunt feedback shifted him from comparing to others toward answering to his own capability.
