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Lead From The W.I.N. SideAuthor: Terry Lee
I'm Terry Lee and I want you to be a leader that W.I.N.s. Over 15 years experience in leadership, leadership development and coaching, serving on boards, and even observing the coaches that coached my kids athletic teams, I noticed one thing that separated the great and good leaders from the average or poor leaders and it is their level of self-awareness, the good/great leaders knew their strengths and sought assistance from others to complement areas where they were not strong, the poor leaders and coaches thought they know it all. I believe that in order to effectively lead others, you have to always be in the process of understanding how to effectively understand and lead yourself. In this podcast I want to help guide you to W.I.N. in your work as a leader. W.I.N. is a coaching framework and acronym I developed that will stand as the foundation for the information presented in the podcasts. The "W" stands for identifying WHO you want to be, WHAT are you currently doing to attain the WHO and identifying your WHY. The "I" represents Igniting your superpowers aswell as the superpowers of the people you lead. The "N" is about Nurturing yourself and others for continued success. Great leadership starts from the inside or shall we say from the W.I.N. side. So if you are leader of any kind, Lets Get It, Lets Go. Language: en-us Genres: Business, Education, Management, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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A Well Rehearsed Life is Not A Prepared Life
Monday, 6 April, 2026
I would love to hear your take-away. Share it be here. When coaching TEDx speakers, one distinction changes everything: the difference between being rehearsed and being prepared.A rehearsed speaker has memorized every word on the script. And while that's a solid starting point, it comes with a hidden risk — forget one word, one phrase, one line, and the whole thing can fall apart.A prepared speaker has done something deeper. They've memorized the script, yes — but then they've practiced without it. While driving. While cooking dinner. While walking the dog. They've internalized the material until it lives in them, not just on the page. That internalization creates freedom — the freedom to adapt, respond to the room, and even improve in the moment.In this episode, I share two real stories from TEDx coaching: one speaker who froze and had to walk offstage to find their place, and another who seamlessly swapped in a better story mid-talk — one that wasn't even in the script — because they were prepared for the moment.Here's the bigger idea: this is no different in life.Most of us think we're living a prepared life. But in reality, we're living a rehearsed one. We've scripted the career, the relationship, the outcome. And when life doesn't follow the script — when we lose the job, when the relationship doesn't look how we imagined it, when the outcome we expected doesn't show up — we experience negative emotions. Sometimes we want to quit.Being prepared for life means committing to the process, not just the outcome. It means staying adaptable as the world gives you feedback and experience. It means being willing to pivot — not away from where you're going, but leaning further into it.The script is a starting point, not a sentence. Put it down, and start living prepared.Key takeaway: Value the outcome, but give priority to the process.
