True leadership stems from self-awareness and emotional regulation, not strategy or tactics. When leaders lose emotional center through stress or frustration, they stop leading effectively and start creating negative experiences for their teams.

• Your ability to lead others directly correlates with understanding and regulating yourself
• Personal example of becoming short and negative when overwhelmed with unfinished tasks
• People remember how you made them feel more than what you actually said
• Pause before responding when emotions are high
• Leadership happens in the gap between emotional trigger and reaction
• Consider what tone you're setting and how it affects others
• Own your impact and circle back to repair when you miss the mark
• Emotional intelligence matters more than perfection

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