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What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own Psychology.
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What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own Psychology.

kingflum
Dec 19, 2011
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“It’s fucked up when your mind’s playin’ tricks on ya”—The Geto Boys

By far the most difficult skill for me to learn as CEO was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared to keeping my mind in check. Over the years, I’ve spoken to…

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