Dinosaurs were mighty. They roamed the land and dominated it until they didn't. Even though we can still find bones of dinosaurs that once existed, they no longer do.
You can imagine they never thought about the possibility of extinction. Sure, dinosaurs fought off their enemies and tried to survive the hours of the day. But excitation, never! And yet, one day - boom! And all we have is bones.
"Put yourself out of business before somebody else does." -
GaryVee.
Success calls for succession, and if we fail to train the next generation, we are only creating a dinosaur mindset. Just as they never saw the end in sight, but it came, so too the future will arrive with a bang for those with a dinosaur mindset.
The way to avoid this dinosaur mindset is to embrace that we will leave this earth one day. You may be wrapped up in your projects and responsibilities, but your most significant responsibility is to leave a legacy. Sure, we can still find the footprints of dinosaurs, but they lead nowhere. Those footsteps have seemingly no rhyme or reason to us and, therefore, while evidential that they existed, they are useless in having a deeper understanding. From random footsteps, we can only speculate but have no real answers.
A leader should leave the proper footsteps those who follow can benefit from. For this reason, it is necessary to share the vision and mission as often as possible. The vision and mission must be infused in all of your emails, texts, stand-up meetings, videos, etc. It should constantly be at the forefront of what the vision and the mission are. After all, they will be a north star in the dark nights.
The dinosaur mindset doesn't think of a time when a change will happen. This limiting vision makes it hard to
brace for impact, leave a legacy, and have a lasting effect on those around you. If today was your last day, have you laid down a blueprint for others to follow? Or have you been consumed by a dinosaur mindset, thinking nothing will ever happen, and everything will stay the same?
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