As a business owner, I was chomping at the bit to get back to work on Friday morning. By 9 AM, though, only half of my staff had arrived. I was shocked. My assumption was that after six weeks of working from home, the team would be as excited to return as I was. As the team started trickling in, though, I didn’t see excitement. I saw an entirely different emotion — fear. The fear that they were experiencing was entirely caused by uncertainty.

I knew I had a huge problem, so I visited with a few of my team members one-on-one. (In a few cases, I don’t think I was a great leader, by the way. When you combine fear and frustration, the outcome can be somewhat challenging.) However, after a few heart-to-hearts, I began to get a more clear picture of what my team was experiencing.

Later in the morning, we had a mastermind meeting with everyone. This was one of the most inspirational and powerful meetings that I have participated in since the crisis hit.

Once the vision was set and the uncertainty was diminished, the excitement started to return.

My Need to Help My Team Led Me to a Few Shocking Discoveries.

You and your team may be experiencing something similar, so I thought that a little clarity might be helpful. Since I like to think of myself as a pretty decent researcher, I decided to spend some time recapping where we are in the Covid-19 Crisis and how we got here.

About one-and-a-half-days into the research, I was both appalled and furious with what I found.

• First, this loss of life and loss of livelihood is tragic.
• Second, many of the decisions made by well-meaning politicians have been based on lies and false data.
• Finally, it is now clear that everything that we have done to our economy has been an extreme overreaction.

For the remaining show notes, go to Note to All Governors: Be the Leader that You Were Elected to Be