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How Entrepreneurs Make Money from Leadership

Guest post by: Jay Allyson

Article Overview: Being successful is not only about being around leaders, it's about your own leadership. I know many people will say "I don't care about being a leader, just show me the money". But you have to earn that money - and you do so by leadership, and by the value you offer to others - it's a trade. Your own personal development and mastery, your relationship building, and the success of others you help, this is your side of the bargain. Then the money comes. Here's how.

How Entrepreneurs Make Money from Leadership

Leadership goes hand in hand with your success as an entrepreneur. Being amongst successful people will show you it's all about relationships. I like to be surrounded by leaders, by people who are successful. And this can mean changing the people you hang out with!

When you move on with your life and you can afford a wealthy lifestyle, people notice that you are going beyond the life they lead. And people don't like to be passed!

Taking a new and different path can cause a lot of resentment to some people around you. They see you now work from home, you have a new car, you take more vacations, you stay up late Sundays because you don't need to work Monday. But they are still where they are. People don't like to look in that mirror!

Here's the thing. These people you pass are not the ones you should pay attention to. These are the "nay-sayers", the dream stealers, they are not the leaders you want to be. Don't seek validation on your actions from these guys!

Instead, start caring more about what the leaders care about.

Track the people who drive you on, who make you grow, think positively, be an optimist, to seek out adventure and change your lifestyle, who make you strive to be more than average, ho help you choose beyond ordinary, to be extraordinary.

This is why the right community is SO important to us - you want to pick the group with the people who have the results you want in your lifestyle.

I started tracking people who really set the precedent for you. This could be their income, their skills or simply personal attributes. So you start to pay attention to people of a greater calibre.

We hook up to great training calls and go to events. Because it's so important to focus on mindset, learning from the leaders and the people who are where you are aiming to get.

But being successful is also about your leadership. I know many people will say "I don't care about being a leader, just show me the money".

But you have to earn that money - and you do so by leadership, and by the value you offer to others - it's a trade. Your own personal development and mastery, your relationship building, and the success of others you help, this is your side of the bargain. Then the money comes.

The things you are prepared to put yourself out for - that is leadership. It's the discipline you need, the things you don't feel comfortable or confident with - that's leadership.

The reason why that is leadership is this. Aiming beyond the norm and stepping out of your comfort zone is always an inspiration to others - taking that action, you lead the way for them.

Who are you going to inspire if you don't step beyond the norm, if you live your life playing safe, keeping inside the boundaries? Ordinary people do ordinary things. Average people have average lives.

If you want an extraordinary life, you have to do something beyond the norm, be extraordinary person.

So you know you're on the right track when you feel outside your comfort zone. You either growing or you're dying. Simple.

Sometimes you have to force yourself to go outside your comfort zone. But do so in the knowledge that this is leadership - if you're willing to play the game of going outside of your comfort zone.

Make it fun, your challenge. Visualise the gap from where you are now to where you want to be.

This will tell you how big is the battle to go beyond the normal. Stretching that comfort zone is a good leadership exercise. You have to keep stretching, find new ways to stretch yourself, so that you always go beyond what 97% of people do.

Everybody has his or her own discomfort - their own cross to bear, as they say. What makes the difference is your willingness to stretch beyond the norm, in spite of your particular situation or circumstance.

Stretching, stepping outside your comfort zone ... this is shows you are extraordinary, that you're prepared to beat the odds of the 97%. That you take action to realise your dreams. That you don't allow scepticism or dream stealers to hold you back.

Leadership in this way is your competitive advantage.

What are you prepared to do to go beyond the 50%, 75%, 90% and 97% percentile of what other people do?

This is leadership. This lead you to success and enable you to lead others to success.

Join the 3% crowd by following the link in my bio, where the true entrepreneurs and leaders hang out. We'd love to lead you to leadership, and to success in achieving your lifestyle dreams. We open the door - you have to step through it!

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