I came across this quote recently when reading an article on “over-parenting”. • The premise is help your kids develop resilience rather than make everything easier for them. This can run counter to our instincts as parents to “protect” our children. Too much protection means they don’t experience difficulty and therefore don’t learn. • There is an application for leadership too. • If we allow our people to experience failure, and facilitate an environment where they can learn from that failure, then they can develop resilience and grow through the process. • As leaders, in either your business, your social group, or your family, take a step back and think about how you are either allowing or stifling, people’s ability to learn from experience. • #leadership #resilience #courage #failure #safetofail #curiosity #complexity #personaldevelopment #professionaldevelopment #stepback #experientiallearning #australianceo #australianlife #corporateaustralia #australianleaders #executivecoaching #executivedirector #ceoaustralia #campbellleadershipsolutions (at Sydney, Australia)