#Tuesday November 5
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I woke up this morning and thought what can I write about on this fine TUESDAY. I just sat with my coffee staring at my keyboard waiting on inspiration.
When I thought about it being TUESDAY I remembered a line from a Seinfeld episode titled the Sniffling Accountant where Kramer and Newman debated the feel of a Tuesday. Newman stated that “TUESDAY has no feel”
Here is a clip from that episode
I decided to use this TUESDAY to highlight at least one leadership lessons we can all learn from other Seinfeld episodes.
That lesson is “Blaming Others for your Leadership Blind Spots”. The second part of that lesson is be willing to get honest feedback about your blind spots.
In one episode of Seinfeld called Little Kicks, Elaine is the acting president of the Peterman Catalog Company. At an office party she confidently declares to everyone to join her and get up and dance. She dances horribly.
After that incident employees begin mocking her. Her over confidant self assured opinion of her own abilities has resulted in the entire team to lose all respect for her. Yet Elaine keeps blaming George Constanza who was an invited guest at the party for her woes. She is convinced George is the problem. She has a blind spot about her dancing.
Elaine is just like all of us when it comes to having a blind spot. She thinks she is a fantastic dancer but she is not. The truth comes home when she gets honest and direct feedback from Kramer and Jerry. Here is a clip from that episode.
So on this TUESDAY remember that we all need to have someone we can trust that can give us honest feedback on our leadership skillset.
If we do that despite what Newman says TUESDAY will always have a feel because we will be growing as a leader.
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