In your last lesson, you learned why it’s useful to challenge the mental habit of climbing up the ladder of inference (i.e., applying filters to the facts in ways that distort reality like a crazy funhouse mirror).
Understanding that we all run this inferential sequence hundreds of times a day allows you a better chance at recognizing when it’s happening to you. Building your self-awareness about how you work your own ladder of inference—and understanding how to come down off that ladder—is a stellar way to get better at reality. And that, dear Challenger, is a big part of delivering success. We will get into that this week.
“As a culture, we are moving from a group of people who know it all to a group of people who want to learn it all.”
— Satya Nadella
We are now ready to build on the foundation you created with Lessons 2 and 3. As we dive in to the next level, we will begin adding several game-changing moves to your toolkit. In this lesson, we focus on the presence you bring to the things you are a part of; specifically, we will look at your “executive presence”.
Lesson 4 Learning Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to answer the following questions:
- What does executive presence mean?
- I don’t know how to take action on feedback I received about needing to show more confidence and conviction – what should I do?
- How can I build my executive presence?