Failure happens. To everyone.  As a leader, failure can be a mental and emotional deterrent to reaching your full potential. If you fail as a leader, you may think that everyone is watching and judging you. Or, you may feel like you don't have what it takes to lead, because you failed.  I couldn't disagree more with this mindset.  Failure is a gift, and failure applied to future situations separates strong leaders from the weak.  In this episode, we'll discuss failure, and how to properly apply it to leadership challenges and allow it to make you stronger. We'll discuss real-world examples from my own career, since I definitely have many to pull from.  Don't be afraid to fail! No one expects you to be perfect. Remember: it's not that you fall, but that you get back up that matters.  Homework: https://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2012/08/20/5-things-failure-teaches-you-about-leadership/?sh=11d2f08c168b --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tyler-ross0/support

If you're in a leadership role, and you haven't yet felt "called" to be a leader...don't let the title of this episode worry you. You're not alone.  The mantra of this podcast is "age is a mindset, but leadership is a calling." And yes, leadership is a calling to many. But you don't have to feel it prior to attaining a leadership role.  For some, the true calling isn't felt until you have started to gain traction and feel success as a leader, and that is perfectly normal. As human beings, we have natural instincts drawing us towards both leading, and following. This ties back to the "fight or flight" mentality that we all possess.   Leaders fight.  Whether you have already felt the calling and want to maneuver yourself onto the path to leadership, or you have been granted a leadership role before fully feeling the passion to lead, we'll dissect and discuss both ends of the spectrum in this episode.  Homework: https://www.thebalancecareers.com/from-manager-to-leader-2275801 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tyler-ross0/support

The natural first boundary that young leaders experience is, well...age.  Age can present numerous challenges to young leaders, from the logical lack of experience that a young age can imply, to generational gaps between the leader and their team members, to outright discrimination from older professionals.  In this episode, we'll explore a concept that is central to this podcast, and to success as a young leader in general: age is a mindset, not a measurement. Join me and learn more about the psychology behind this concept, how I've found it as both a strength and a weakness in my own leadership journey, and how experts perceive mental maturity vs. physical age.  Homework assignment: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/magazine/what-if-age-is-nothing-but-a-mind-set.html https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/269563  Enjoy, and remember: Age is a mindset, but leadership is a calling. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tyler-ross0/support

Welcome to the first episode of Captain’s Notes for Young Leaders.  In this episode, we will discuss the background precipitating the creation of this podcast, my personal background as a young leader, and an introduction to my thoughts on leading at a young age.  We’ll end with a “homework assignment” to check out one of my all-time favorite books, The Passion of Command by B.P. McCoy.   Enjoy, and remember: Age is a mindset, but leadership is a calling. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tyler-ross0/support

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