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 Personal
Leadership
“Personal leadership is the ongoing
process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning
your life to be congruent with those most important things.”
— Stephen Covey
To be truly successful in life, we need to
start with ourselves, take control of ourselves. We must develop
personal leadership, no matter what our age, or gender or station
in life. Here are some things to think about when doing this:
- Through self examination, discover your personal
values and principles
- Apply these in all aspects of life - not just
in business, or just spiritually, but in everything
- Refer to these values and principles when
faced with decisions and challenges - this will help to ensure
you continue on down the path you have set for yourself; often
you will know before the situation arises what you will do
Personal leadership will be a compass that
guides you to become the person you want to be, doing the things
you want to do, all in harmony with your values and principles.
We all need a compass. Life is so hectic we can sometimes find
ourselves doing things without even thinking about it, things
that really don't get us anywhere or accomplish what we want,
they just keep us "busy". You've probably experienced
yourself doing that in your personal and business life. Who has
time to waste like that?
 As
you develop personal leadership, you will become more focussed,
have greater self-knowledge and self-confidence, and will be more
effective in all areas of life. Of course, this translates into
greater success.
To learn more on this topic, and to begin or
continue your own personal leadership development, we highly recommend
the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen
Covey.
Invest in Yourself
Just last weekend a couple of us were down
in San Francisco at a workshop. One of the segments was about
investing in yourself, and how much you were willing to give as
an investment. There were a lot of different results that came
from that exercise, some surprising. So often we'll give our time,
attention, efforts, money so our children will have a diverse
learning experience. Or, we'll give those things in our charity
or volunteer work. Often, though, we'll totally ignore our own
needs and interests.
Now, I'm not saying we shouldn't do these things
for our children or our community. However, we should - need -
to do that for ourselves, too. As we become more educated, experienced
and diverse, we become better equipped to help others. When we
can fit some of the things we love to do into our daily lives,
we're happier for it, and want to spread the happiness around.
 What
are you willing to invest in yourself? Think about what satisfies,
inspires, fulfills, creates joy, rewards, challenges, teaches
YOU. Plan a way to include those things in your life, and do it.
It will take time, effort, attention and money, but we can always
find that for the things important to us. Make YOU important to
you, and there'll be more of you to give to others.
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Quotes This Month
"Management is doing things right;
leadership is doing the right things."
~ Peter F. Drucker ~
"I don't know the key to success, but
the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
~ Bill Cosby ~
"A person is a success if he
gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night and in between
does what he wants to do."
~ Bob Dylan ~
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