Chapter 16 Post

I would like to respond to the point, “Learn to Love the Plateau”. The idea here is that it takes long periods of efforts to acquire leadership skills. As the author says, “I believed that the journey of learning to lead means accepting the reality that leadership skills are developed through long periods of striving with only moderate signs of progress. This means that learning to love the plateau is an essential part of learning to lead at The Edge.”

I remember the phrase, “Borrowed plums are sure to come off sooner or later.” If I were to get a tool that makes me great leader overnight, I would be willing to use it. However, it is possible just in the world of Doraemon (ドラえもん). The reality is that some things do not happen overnight. In order to become a leader at The Edge, we have to continue to go through a tunnel even though we cannot see the light of the exit. Therefore, I think the first step to leading at The Edge is to start anything. Of course, we do not know the thing leads us to good leader or not. But the action, taking first step is important to our future.

 “Rome was not built in a day.”