The Oubaitori Mindset: Leadership Without Comparison 🎙️ (Ep.65)

In episode 65 of the Potential Leader Lab Podcast, we unpack the Oubaitori Mindset. This Japanese concept, emphasizes personal growth and rejects the notion of measuring oneself against others. Drawing inspiration from Teddy Roosevelt's quote, "Comparison is the thief of joy," I argue that leadership should never be about competition with others but about authentic individual development.

🤔 Our Discussion 🤔

In this episode, I challenge the conventional approach of developing leaders through a one-size-fits-all framework. We'll work through the Oubaitori analogy of different fruit trees—cherry, plum, peach, and apricot—and discuss how that applies to leaders and organizations. And, as always, I'll leave you with practical steps you can apply immediately to foster a leadership culture informed by the obituary mindset.

★ Key Topics ★

03:54 "Embrace Diverse Leadership Evolution"

09:22 "Inward Focus for Personal Growth"

11:01 Rethinking Leadership and Authenticity

14:41 Authentic Leadership through Exploration

18:20 Encourage Experimentation Over Perfection

20:20 "Embrace Your Unique Path"

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Perry Maughmer believes the world deserves better leadership; that in every human interaction there is the opportunity to either build others up or tear them down; and that leadership is the choice we make in those moments.

These beliefs led Perry to create the Potential Leader Lab. He wanted to offer those who share his beliefs the space and safety to explore transformative ideas, experiment with new behaviors, and evolve into the leaders they were meant to be and that the world needs.

This is a framework he has used again and again with his Vistage peer advisory groups and companies like Turn-Key Tunneling, Convergint, Haughn &  Associates, I Am Boundless, Ketchum & Walton, LSP Technologies, and Ahlum & Arbor.

Perry lives and works on the shores of Buckeye Lake in Ohio, in the mountains of northwest Georgia, and on the beach in Anna Maria, Florida with his amazingly creative wife Lisa. They have 2 rescue dogs and are intermittently visited by their 3 wonderful children throughout the year. Perry & Lisa are living life in crescendo and focused on exploring, experimenting, and evolving their vision of a life they have no desire to retire from.

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