Hello!
What comes to your mind when you think about leadership? What pictures come to your mind when you hear the word leader?
Do you see Mahatma Gandhi? Hitler? Your boss? Your dad? Your self? Jack Welch? All of them indeed are super leaders. But let me tell you this, You are the leader of yourself! We are the leaders of our lives. Life may put us in any circumstances, but we decide how we react to them. We are the leaders who shape our lives.
You don’t need to have a formal designation to be a leader. In your work, you can simply decide to be the leader of the job you are responsible for.
One of the most important attributes of a leader is, in Robin Sharma’s words, “Absolute Personal Responsibility”. A leader takes absolute personal responsibility for her environment. All too often, we try to blame things on others. We want to escape from the responsibility. Remember, responsibility is not a burden. Responsibility is an honor you give to yourself. Treat it well.
Second, it is perfectly alright to fail. No journey is without a puncture or two. Failures are your friends. When you fail, you take responsibility for it; learn from it; and move on. Don’t worry about what others will do or say when you fail. Remember, it’s better to fail than not to try at all.
Leaders are always pushing the envelop. One of the things that gives me a lot of power is the urge to make things better all the time. To go beyond the achievements and excel. Under promise, over deliver. This does not mean you promise less, but you deliver more than the expected. Do you remember a time in your life when you got more than you expected? How was the feeling? What if you create that same joyous feeling for others? For your family, friends or clients?
Life is about taking leadership. Be a leader for your life. Decide how you want to shape your life and work on it. If you fail, treat it as a lesson. Just don’t stop at big ideas and inspiration. Take on doing something like a leader every day. I am sure this will bring tremendous breakthroughs to you!
Life is about personal leadership. Lead your life.
One of the most important things for leadership is motivation. It is an inner drive, a person is motivated to do something because of an
inner need to do either be in community with others, derive meaning from their activities, or to be part of something wherein they may feel they are doing something that makes a difference.
Quotes:
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”
“When you see multiple viewpoints, you are less attached to your own.”
“Accepting responsibilities is accepting challange.”
This article was really an eye opener for me.
I was more often stuck to only my point of view.
Do be a good leader, even to lead your own life you should appreciate others points of view as well. And you should always be willing to change your view point with others experience rather than getting stuck with it.