# Leaders, doing what you're good at hurts your team. - Signal v. Noise

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## What Jamie wrote

I like this advice.

> Pause. Don’t be so busy. Take stock. Why are you doing those things? Because you like doing them? Because you’re good at them? Or because it’s the best way to move the team forward?

This would be a good thing to include in your regular reflections.

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT90: Weekly Thing #90 / Jan 26, 2019](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/90/), Notable Links 📌

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