Dr. Becky Kennedy

So number one, anyone listening, if you're a parent, you are a leader.

Number two, the best leaders I know are able to do two things.

seemingly oppositional things at the same time.

They're able to have a sense of their values and their beliefs and kind of their boundaries.

And at the same time, they're able to recognize other people's feelings and needs.

But what I mean by doing that at the same time

is as a leader in the workplace, I can know I'm making a certain decision about a different direction we're going.

That is going to happen.

I can also know certain employees are going to be upset about that.

I'm the person who has to make the decision.

Those are people who are allowed to have feelings.

Their feelings don't dictate my decisions, but also my decisions shouldn't dictate their feelings.

They're just both true.

That's like such a core thing for being a parent.

I'm going to tell my kid, I'm making this up, but

No, we're not watching a show tonight.

We have to have an early bedtime.

I'm allowed to make that decision.

I'm the leader.

My kid doesn't say to me, Emma, ever, mom, no, I really needed that.