Do you hold yourself back because you need to be liked or because you're afraid of the critic? In this episode, Jason unpacks the "courage to be disliked" and why it's a critical leadership skill in construction and in life. He shares a personal story about being a director on a project where the team didn't want his influence, and how learning to separate "my task" from "their task" helped him stop tying his self-worth to other people's opinions. You'll also get practical tools from The Courage to Be Disliked, Adlerian psychology, and Jason's real-world coaching experience to help you break free from approval-seeking and lead with confidence.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why "it is not the critic who counts" and how to keep daring greatly when you're in the arena
• How approval-seeking creates blocks to leadership (fear of embarrassment, rejection, perfectionism, low self-worth)
• The concept of "separation of tasks": what you control vs. what belongs to other people
• Why anger and yelling are often attempts to control and how to stop manipulating or being manipulated
• How to shift from certainty/significance to growth/contribution so you can be happier and more effective

If you stopped needing approval today, what hard decision would you finally make and what would your leadership look like?

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