Dee Khafari
Appearances
Redefiners
Redefiners Rewind: Insights and Takeaways from 2024
So I was taking on my first round the world, responsible for the boat, and more importantly, responsible for the 17 people that had paid for the experience to be there. So it's a massive responsibility. And you're out in the middle of the oceans. You can't, it's not easy to get advice. You don't really have that support network there. Everyone's looking at you.
Redefiners
Redefiners Rewind: Insights and Takeaways from 2024
Through naivety, I think back then, I... I was unaware of the skills required to lead a team and it was probably my biggest learning curve there. I naively thought at the beginning that I needed to be everyone's friend. And I learned two lessons. One, it's pretty lonely at the top. And that's why you paid the bucks to make the big decisions that not everyone's going to agree with.
Redefiners
Redefiners Rewind: Insights and Takeaways from 2024
And you have to make those difficult decisions that not everybody agrees with and take responsibility and own them.
Redefiners
Redefiners Rewind: Insights and Takeaways from 2024
Don't overthink it. And surround yourself with people that support you getting there or want you to achieve. Because it's really hard to do stuff on your own. You need a network of people that you can draw on to help you get there. And I think once everybody is around you, you suddenly look and you think, well, they all believe in me, so I need to believe in myself.
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Redefiners Rewind: Insights and Takeaways from 2024
And it does help your self-belief and your self-confidence. And then you've committed to it. So then you're like... I like to say I'm tenacious. Other people would say I'm stubborn, but I'm definitely not going to let myself down once I've committed to it. And I find the other thing, if I put it out there, if I say it out loud, it becomes real.
Redefiners
Redefiners Rewind: Insights and Takeaways from 2024
If it's just an inner dialogue in your mind, you can talk yourself out of it because no one knows, so you don't have to admit failure. But if you put it out there, then you've kind of got to find the pathway to get yourself there.