Notice how a room feels after you leave it. That’s your legacy in miniature.

LEADERSHIP

WHAT THIS MEANS

Every interaction changes the temperature of a place slightly, in one direction or the other. People rarely track their own effect, because they leave at the moment it becomes visible. A small effect repeated is most of what a reputation actually consists of.

Try running the check for a week. Before you leave somewhere, ask whether the people in it are in a better or worse state than when you arrived. There is nothing to fix straight away, just information worth gathering honestly.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Does a room get lighter or heavier when you leave?

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