6 Steps of Leading Your Life Like a CEO

Imagine hiring the world’s top CEO to steer your life.

What would his/her 100-day action plan for you entail?

This question, posed by best-selling author James Clear, offers profound insights into overcoming two key hurdles in personal and professional transformation: Emotion and inaction.

As inherently emotional beings deeply invested in our lives, we often have a hard time separating feelings from decisions.

The comfort of maintaining the status quo often outweighs the discomfort of taking action. But great CEOs are renowned for their bias toward taking the next step.

So, if a CEO were to take a comprehensive approach to lead, manage and transform your life, what areas would they focus on?

1. Identify and Overcome Limiting Beliefs:
   • Challenge Self-Doubt: Foster a growth mindset to replace self doubts and limiting beliefs.
   • Let Go of Perfectionism: Value progress over perfection.
2. Develop Empowering Habits:
   • Commit to Continuous Learning: Dedicate time to acquiring new skills and knowledge daily.
   • Prioritize Health: Embrace exercise, proper nutrition, and adequate sleep.
3. Curate Your Circle:
   • Seek Mentorship: Find mentors who inspire and challenge you, offering honest feedback.
   • Build Your Tribe and Supportive Network: Surround yourself with like-minded individuals who share your values and ambitions but also empower you to live and think differently.
4. Take Decisive Actions:
   • Define Clear Goals: Establish specific, measurable, and achievable goals for the next 100 days, while reflecting on your past 100 days and behaviors. We often neglect looking at the past as we look ahead in making changes.
   • Break Goals into Steps: Divide objectives into manageable tasks with consistent effort, tackling those that challenge and empower you daily
5. Establish Effective Routines:
   • Begin with a Morning Routine: Energize and focus your day with grounding activities.
   • Schedule Reflection Time: Regularly review progress while adjusting and pivoting plans as necessary.
6. Confront Your Fears:
   • Acknowledge Fears: Identify and confront what holds you back, gradually pushing and stretching your comfort zone.
   • Take Incremental Steps: Build confidence by confronting fears one decision and choice at a time.

Fortunately, transforming your life doesn’t require hiring a renowned CEO. By leveraging these principles and acting on this approach, we can craft a powerful 100-day plan that reflects, while also propelling us forward.

Embracing the objective, action-oriented mindset of a great CEO enables us to overcome emotional and behavioral barriers, making significant strides toward our leadership impact and life’s purpose.

What’s your first step toward embarking on this transformative journey?