When I was in college, this acquaintance of mine would come up to me and say, "You aren't acting like yourself today." I would turn to him and ask, "Who am I acting like then?" He would say, "I don't know, but not yourself." As leaders, we have a lot of people pushing and pulling us in the direction that they want us to go. There are demands at work, at home, from coworkers, stakeholders, board members and family. Moreover, they all have opinions on what you should and should not be doing and how you should or should not go about achieving your goals. In addition to that, they have opinions about how you should act or what you should or should not say. They may even threaten to tell something you did to embarrass you or make you feel you must behave or make decisions in a certain way. The truth is, no one knows you as well as you know you. It seems like a simple concept to grasp, but so often we forget about ourselves. We forget to act like ou
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