In today's fast-paced world, leaders are expected to perform at their best-professionally and personally. Yet, true leadership excellence comes from whole-person success: integrating every aspect of your life so you can show up as your best self for your team, your organization, and yourself. Here are the top three actions leaders can take to live well and, in turn, lead well:

“The transformation of ingrained problematic leadership beliefs into a whole new mindset takes significant action-based experimentation over time, in the company of like-minded peers, with steadfast coaching from Human-Centered Leadership experts” says Mary Axelsen and Amy Wood, Psy.D. The founder and CEO of WeMaax Consulting says leaders often have blind spots regarding what they’ve built or haven’t built and how that is impacting both individual and organisational performance.

“Positive reinforcement creates emotional and psychological safety which leads to higher levels of engagement and performance,” says Mary Axelsen. The founder and CEO of WeMaax Consulting says that positive reinforcement is a motivator and when recognizing an employee, managers should give real-time, specific feedback that includes the impact the employee’s performance had or will have on the organization.

Step (literally) into our insecurity, discomfort, fear and take it on by identifying small, incremental actions. Move! The beauty in movement is that it raises our self-awareness so we understand what the experience means to us.

Knowing that I never want to just take a “no” on the chin, here are a few of the ways I get to “YES” and overcome that blah, blah, blah that dims my light and my belief in myself.

What is calling to me, pushing me, or pulling me?