The Patient Sudoku Player

OK - you have been on a number rush in your Sudoku game. The voice in your head is screaming "I AM INVINCIBLE." Then you hit the wall of 'no clues' and the game begins to slow down. Patience begins to run thin and three things happen:

• We make assumptions
• We make bad decisions
• We become impetuous

What happens to your game?

Sometimes I quit in frustration. Other times I slow down, follow my plan, and my patience always pays off when I finally see the clue that breaks the wall.

How's your leadership game? There is a rush we get with achievement and a wall we hit with challenges. Being successful depends on whether our patience runs thin or we slow down to follow a plan. If we become impetuous the rush controls our success - or lack of it. The wall is there for a reason and that is to teach us how patience can be an investement in our leadership success.