Leadership in Business and Personal Growth
Leadership in Business and Personal Growth
Unfortunately most people tend to settle into 'average' by the end of their 20's. It is unfortunatley rare that you will find people in their 30's and 40's committed to a personal growth plan.
As leaders and prospective leaders we experience at times exhiliaration of fantastic results, and at other times despair over poor results.
The key in managing personal growth in leadership is in managing your 'input' and 'output'.
1. Always make your future bigger than your past - The past is at times useful as it can be rich with experiences that can be approached in new ways. Approach your past with this attitude and leave the 'baggage' and 'debris' behind! Use your past to continually create a bigger future and you will separate yourself from situations, activities and relationships that can trap you in your past.
2. Always make your contribution bigger than your reward - As you become more successful numerous rewards can come your way. There can sometimes be a fixation on rewards rather than a greater contribution. Have a 'servants' heart and believe that you must give before you receive. Expect to serve before feeling like you deserve a reward. Determine sucess by the seeds you sow rather than the harvest you reap. Ask "Who can I add value to today and how can I do it"!
3. Always make your performance greater than your applause - The greatest leaders are those who are humble in victory and always strive to get better. They continually strive to get themsleves and their teams to surpass previous performance. Be growth driven as well as goal driven. Whilst we can sometimes relax and become complacent when we hit goals, growth is a consistent process.
4. Always make your gratitude greater than your success - Very few people are continually successful over the long run. Those few recognise that their success came from assistance and support from others - and they are continually grateful for this support. People and resources are naturally drawn to where they are valued most. The world responds to gratitude by making more of everything we appreciate available to us.
The future is the time when you wish you had done what you aren't doing now. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have and should have.
The secret of success as a leader is determined by your 'input' - what you read and knowledge you acquire; and your 'output' - how you use that knowledge as a leader. We spend each day either repairing the past or preparing for the future. We cannot rewrite our past; we can definitely author our future!
Leadership in Business and Personal Growth - To learn more about this author, visit Geoff Flemming's Website.
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There is a point in life that we all reach at which time we stop getting physically taller. So what age do most leaders stop growing?
Unfortunately most people tend to settle into 'average' by the end of their 20's. It is unfortunatley rare that you will find people in their 30's and 40's committed to a personal growth plan.
As leaders and prospective leaders we experience at times exhiliaration of fantastic results, and at other times despair over poor results.
The key in managing personal growth in leadership is in managing your 'input' and 'output'.
1. Always make your future bigger than your past - The past is at times useful as it can be rich with experiences that can be approached in new ways. Approach your past with this attitude and leave the 'baggage' and 'debris' behind! Use your past to continually create a bigger future and you will separate yourself from situations, activities and relationships that can trap you in your past.
2. Always make your contribution bigger than your reward - As you become more successful numerous rewards can come your way. There can sometimes be a fixation on rewards rather than a greater contribution. Have a 'servants' heart and believe that you must give before you receive. Expect to serve before feeling like you deserve a reward. Determine sucess by the seeds you sow rather than the harvest you reap. Ask "Who can I add value to today and how can I do it"!
3. Always make your performance greater than your applause - The greatest leaders are those who are humble in victory and always strive to get better. They continually strive to get themsleves and their teams to surpass previous performance. Be growth driven as well as goal driven. Whilst we can sometimes relax and become complacent when we hit goals, growth is a consistent process.
4. Always make your gratitude greater than your success - Very few people are continually successful over the long run. Those few recognise that their success came from assistance and support from others - and they are continually grateful for this support. People and resources are naturally drawn to where they are valued most. The world responds to gratitude by making more of everything we appreciate available to us.
The future is the time when you wish you had done what you aren't doing now. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have and should have.
The secret of success as a leader is determined by your 'input' - what you read and knowledge you acquire; and your 'output' - how you use that knowledge as a leader. We spend each day either repairing the past or preparing for the future. We cannot rewrite our past; we can definitely author our future!
Leadership in Business and Personal Growth - To learn more about this author, visit Geoff Flemming's Website.
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