There are three major rates that leaders should track growth by

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Experience, as Vernon said, is a hard teacher because it takes the test first and gives the lesson afterwards. Fortunately, first principles of leadership are fungible and can be learnt without paying the heavy price of experience. A few weeks ago, I had such a moment at the feet of a legendary mountaineer Gopal Sharma, known in the mountaineering fraternity as Guruji.

Now in his eighties, Guruji has scaled some of the toughest peaks in the world during his decades-long climbing career, and while speaking to a group of corporate leaders, he inspired a leadership framework that transcends mountaineering and exploration. Assembling and training a team for a challenging climb is an arduous task. The expedition size has to be small, because the addition of every person increases logistical needs, costs, and most importantly, complexity and risk.

In addition to mountaineering and survival skills and physical fitness, each climber must be mentally tough and emotionally invested in the mission and the team. And, as Guruji said, the potential member must have a high Rate of Elimination of Fear. Everybody is afraid when faced with a new environment or a high-stakes objective.

Be it a special forces mission into enemy territory, scaling a daunting mountain summit, leading an orbital shift in business or enduring personal trauma in life, we are all apprehensive if not afraid of the unknown. Even seasoned paratroopers experience some tension every time they jump off a plane, as do performers with multiple successes under their belt when facing an important audience. In fact, only those who either don’t understand or don’t care about the consequences of failure remain unfazed during a high-risk task.