Real growth happens in the grey areas, the paradoxes, the places where easy answers fail.
— Mo Edjlali, Mindful Leader Founder & CEO

This quote is from an interesting article I read recently. It got me thinking about one of the leadership challenges – applicable in business and in one’s personal life.

We spend a whole lot of time trying to put things in order. A defined process, with steps and checkpoints and owners. Quantifying results with numbers and graphs and analyses.

But the challenge with all this is that it’s about keeping things going as they’re going. Sure, you may pop in a small percentage improvement here and there, but continue doing what we’re doing.

Which is fine.

But that’s not where the deep learning comes from. That stems from entering into uncharted territory, where mistakes are made and progress is unclear. You’ll learn by figuring new things out.

And you’ll feel nervous, unsure, even lost.

That’s where you’re learning.