I recently shared a Max Moment about The Most Dangerous Word in Our Language. So what I thought I would do today is juxtapose that with one of The Most Powerful Words in Our Language...

Before I do let me give you a little context. As a coach to high performers, I am constantly searching for ways to help the people I work with look at their situation in a different way and through a different lens. Because what got you to where you are today might be the very thing holding you back from where you want to go. This often takes a different level of thinking.

With that said I was recently having a conversation with a very successful leader who was sharing some of the problems they were facing in their world at the moment. To challenge them I asked a question that would require a different level of thinking. The answer they gave is for me one of The Most Powerful Words in Our Language...

After I asked the question, their response was simply this "Hmmm"...and after a long pause foll...