You can choose to focus all of your efforts on things you do okay or things where you excel. Which do you think will yield the best results? Good leaders know that they need to allocate their time to the things that they do best. There may have been a time when leaders got things done or achieved as result of their position or seniority.
However times have changed and you have to get people on board and buying into your agenda in order to make things happen.
The insecure leader will focus on recruiting people who present no threat. The best leaders will on the other hand get the best people they can around them and even people who will take on their job. Much is written about the importance of communication and of course this matters. For me listening is a distinct and often under used sub-set of communication. When you listen you get ideas, insights, feedback and vital clues to name just a few. No matter what industry or sector you are in you need to be willing to make tough choices from time to time.
Good leaders understand this and make the calls even when it is tough. Remember that just because you make the tough calls does not mean you lack compassion. Whenever anything of significance is achieved where do you look first to give credit? The not so good leaders bask in the glory while the best will go out of their way to give credit to others.
Skip to content. Facebook page opens in new window Twitter page opens in new window Linkedin page opens in new window Instagram page opens in new window Mail page opens in new window. Do you aspire to excellence in work and life? Try these 10 ideas now. You recognize that you are a leader and you want to grow in your leadership roles. He is definitely someone to keep track of as the only direction he is going in is up.
Paulo Coelho is my favorite writer — he is one of the most widely read authors today. More than a writer, he is someone who many have adopted as a spiritual leader.
His works have touched the lives of millions. His writing style is simple and easy to read although to be fair it is translated from Portuguese. His story-telling skills are unparalleled and his messages are deep and profound. Growing up, he told his parents that he wished to be a writer, but they did their best to thwart such thoughts. At 16, they had him committed to a mental institution for being too introverted and for refusing to follow a traditional path in life — he escaped three times before being released at the age of He understood that his parents just wanted to help him and eventually agreed to follow their wishes and enrolled in law school.
He only lasted one year before dropping out and living the life of a hippie, traveling all over the world. The story is filled with his spiritual experiences that may very likely seem completely unbelievable. Personally speaking, he has made me question what I take to be reality. Tyler Perry has a great rags-to-riches story. He grew up in New Orleans with an abusive father and a traumatic childhood. He had found himself in an awful position, but refused to give up his dreams. Not only does we write, but he acts, produces and directs.
How many people are there that would have the strength to continue pursuing their dreams after a flop threw them out onto the streets? Socrates is one of my favorite philosophers and also one of, if not the most, prestigious philosophers in history. He was known for living on the bare minimum, more often than not found strolling around barefoot. He had a profound interest in the world, the way it works and the people within it.
He had a curiosity unparalleled throughout history and spent the entirety of his life contemplating over the workings of the universe and the truth. He was brutally honest and incredibly intelligent. His philosophizing has influenced all those to follow and have opened the eyes of humanity to a different sort of reality. Most importantly, he was unwavering in his beliefs. He breathed and lived his philosophy, refusing to waver from what he believed to be universal truths.
He went so far as to die for his beliefs, refusing to apologize for unveiling the illogical thinking of the most powerful people in Athens. He would rather have died an honest man then lived a liar.
One of the greatest thinkers the world has ever seen, Leonardo Da Vinci spent his life creating, inventing and improving. He dedicated his life to his work — luckily his work covered a large expanse. From astronomy, engineering, science, mathematicians to art, Da Vinci did it all and did it better than his contemporaries. He was born an illegitimate child of a Florentine noble and a peasant woman. He was clearly exceptionally gifted from an early age, but what is impressive is how he was able to develop his skills and how he focused his energy and time on the world around him.
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