Coaching practices for The Stockdale Paradox After a Loss
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I keep telling myself it’ll all be fine, but really I mean fine by a certain date
- This one loss feels like the end of the world when I stare right at it, and I keep checking it obsessively, which only makes it worse
- My team is looking to me to read how bad things really are, and I’m stuck
- My portfolio is bleeding red and the urge to just sell it all and stop the pain is almost unbearable
- I keep swinging between forced optimism that won’t look at how bad things actually are and a despair that says we won’t make it
Practices that may help
- The Stockdale Paradox, Made Practical
The Stockdale Paradox — named by Jim Collins after Admiral James Stockdale, who survived seven years as a POW in Vietnam — describes the disciplined combination of two seemingly opposed stances: an unwavering belief that you will ultimately prevail, held simultaneously with a clear-eyed confrontation with the most brutal facts of your current reality. Collins found this combination distinguished great companies that recovered from crisis from those that did not. - Separate faith in the outcome from assessment of current facts
Hold the belief that you will prevail as distinct from the facts of your current situation — never let optimism about the end contaminate your view of the present.
The Stockdale Paradox, Made Practical - Zoom out from the single loss to the aggregate
A loss looks catastrophic in isolation and trivial across the whole portfolio of your life.
Loss Aversion, Made Practical - Apply the Stockdale Paradox to teams and leadership
As a leader or team member under pressure, model the simultaneous holding of faith and brutal facts — it is contagious in both directions.
The Stockdale Paradox, Made Practical - Use the DCA system to override market fear
A pre-committed investment system is the primary tool for defeating loss aversion at market bottoms.
Dollar-Cost Averaging, Made Practical - Confront the brutal facts while maintaining faith in the outcome
Hold two things at once: unflinching honesty about current reality and unwavering belief in ultimate success.
Level 5 Leadership: Humility and Will in Great Leaders - Know when to close a painful mental account
We keep losing accounts "open" to avoid booking the loss — and pay more to keep them open.
Mental Accounting, Made Practical - Actively maintain the belief in ultimate prevailing
Faith in eventual prevailing does not maintain itself under sustained adversity — it must be actively tended.
The Stockdale Paradox, Made Practical - Confront the brutal facts — regularly and specifically
Name the most uncomfortable true things about your current situation before acting, planning, or optimizing.
The Stockdale Paradox, Made Practical - Negative visualization (premeditatio malorum)
Briefly imagine losing what you have, so you stop taking it for granted and brace for setbacks.
Stoicism, as a Set of Practices
Related concerns
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The Stockdale Paradox — named by Jim Collins after Admiral James Stockdale, who survived seven years as a POW in Vietnam — describes the disciplined combination of two seemingly opposed stances: an unwavering belief that you will ultimately prevail, held simultaneously with a clear-eyed confrontation with the most brutal facts of your current reality. Collins found this combination distinguished great companies that recovered from crisis from those that did not.
- The Stockdale Paradox As A Caregiver
The Stockdale Paradox — named by Jim Collins after Admiral James Stockdale, who survived seven years as a POW in Vietnam — describes the disciplined combination of two seemingly opposed stances: an unwavering belief that you will ultimately prevail, held simultaneously with a clear-eyed confrontation with the most brutal facts of your current reality. Collins found this combination distinguished great companies that recovered from crisis from those that did not.
- The Stockdale Paradox At Work
The Stockdale Paradox — named by Jim Collins after Admiral James Stockdale, who survived seven years as a POW in Vietnam — describes the disciplined combination of two seemingly opposed stances: an unwavering belief that you will ultimately prevail, held simultaneously with a clear-eyed confrontation with the most brutal facts of your current reality. Collins found this combination distinguished great companies that recovered from crisis from those that did not.
- The Stockdale Paradox For My Teenager
The Stockdale Paradox — named by Jim Collins after Admiral James Stockdale, who survived seven years as a POW in Vietnam — describes the disciplined combination of two seemingly opposed stances: an unwavering belief that you will ultimately prevail, held simultaneously with a clear-eyed confrontation with the most brutal facts of your current reality. Collins found this combination distinguished great companies that recovered from crisis from those that did not.
- The Stockdale Paradox When Burned Out
The Stockdale Paradox — named by Jim Collins after Admiral James Stockdale, who survived seven years as a POW in Vietnam — describes the disciplined combination of two seemingly opposed stances: an unwavering belief that you will ultimately prevail, held simultaneously with a clear-eyed confrontation with the most brutal facts of your current reality. Collins found this combination distinguished great companies that recovered from crisis from those that did not.
- Jim Collins Stockdale Paradox
The Stockdale Paradox — named by Jim Collins after Admiral James Stockdale, who survived seven years as a POW in Vietnam — describes the disciplined combination of two seemingly opposed stances: an unwavering belief that you will ultimately prevail, held simultaneously with a clear-eyed confrontation with the most brutal facts of your current reality. Collins found this combination distinguished great companies that recovered from crisis from those that did not.
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