Sports as Leadership Theater and Recognizing Near Enemies
Brené Brown and Adam Grant explore the paradoxes at the heart of leadership, using Buddhist concepts like “near enemies” and sports metaphors to unpack how values like discipline, freedom, and generosity can be distorted by ego and discomfort avoidance. They reflect on the tension between
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