ceo_disease = to gradually become less self-aware, isolated from the reality and adopt a fixed (vs a learning) mindset.
Habits you need to acquire to avoid it:
1. Get out of your Comfort Zone. Do 1 thing every day that makes you ‘stretch’ it
2. Seek to Learn from ‘failure’. Adopt a mindset ‘we either win or learn’
3. Seek personal feedback and challenge
4. Appoint a ‘devil’s advocate’ and a ‘customer ambassador’ in meetings
5. Read (listen to) self development books about subjects that make you feel uneasy
6. Seek to Give positive feedback: congratulate people for their efforts and accomplishments
7. Decide on 1 area every year which you commit to improve yourself on
8. Coach people with genuine interest to help them grow
9. Encourage experimenting, being creative, getting ‘crazy’
10. Talk to people smarter than yourself, who know more or have better skills in some area
11. Practice true appreciation & forgiveness of others
