#101 – Celebrating Bright Spots in Leadership | 52 Life Lessons – Lesson 20
Most leaders are trained problem detectors. They see the missed deadline, the typo, and the metric that moved the wrong way, and rarely mention the hundreds of things their people do well each day. In episode 20 of the 52 Life Lessons series, host Tim Borys makes the case that this imbalance quietly costs teams their confidence, their creativity, and sometimes their best people.
Drawing on his own experience as an athlete, coach, parent, and business owner, along with research on feedback, gratitude, and the positive deviance approach used in rural Vietnam, Tim lays out a practical framework: See it, Say it, Scale it. His closing challenge is simple and immediate. Within the next twenty-four hours, catch one person doing excellent work, and tell them specifically what you noticed. Done consistently, that is how standards rise without anyone feeling lowered.