Understanding Where You Are Today As A Leader

Cody Dakota Wooten, C.B.C.
4 min readSep 2, 2024

A Problem Most Leaders Face

One of the Goals of a Leader is to Design the Future.

Typically, the Higher Level of Leader you become, the Further into the Future you are Responsible for Guiding Teams and Organizations.

But there is a Gigantic Trap that I see Leaders often fall into due to this Necessity.

You will often hear Leaders say things like, “If we just get 1% of this Market…”

Or 10%.

Or whatever percentage it is.

They are looking at the Future of their Market and talking about taking a Piece of the Market.

The Problem Here?

Do you “Actually” Understand what is Required to get that Percentage?

More Importantly, are you “Anywhere” Near that Today?

So often, Leaders are Completely Focused on the Future without having any True Understanding of where they are Today.

1% Sounds Tiny, but do you know how Many companies are Scrambling for only 1%?

Do you know how many Businesses Die each Year Trying to “Only” get 1%?

What about each Month?

Each Day?

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Cody Dakota Wooten, C.B.C.

"Legendary Leadership" Coach, Digital Writer (600+ Articles), Speaker | Faith, Family, Freedom, Future | Multi-Award-Winning Creator of "Legendary Leadership"