Do you consider yourself a leader? Well if you are not sure there are two precepts that preclude a leader. One a leader must have followers, but more importantly a leader must be able to lead themselves. If you can't lead yourself, how could you lead others. Today, we will use Dr. Ray Russell's Personal Leadership Model.
Dr. Russell interviewed 200 people to piece together this 5 point model. The first step is to create a personal mission statement. What is your vision? Read my blog "Your Vision Needs Clarity" for more that subject. A business or people without vision will perish. This is what you deem as your purpose in life.
Now that we have a mission statement , we will continue on treating our selves as a business and write out a personal business plan. Don't panic, this can be easy. Lets write out a list of 5 to 10 things we desire, intellectually, physically, spiritually, and of course, financially. Under each goal determine 3 or 4 steps that can propel you in that direction.
Ok, so we know why here, what we came to do, now we need the energy to make it happen. We have to develop personal energy. My morning begins with qi qong, meditation, journaling, reading, yoga and a walk/run, drinking plenty of water. I do all this to build my mental, physical and spiritual energy up for the day. I recommend eating balanced meals including plenty of raw foods and vegetables. Having all your dreams come true won't do you any good if you have no energy.
The fourth point in the Personal Leadership Model is exercising personal empowerment. It is über important that you love what you do. In addition we need to have performance empowerment, being able to the get the job done, and interactive empowerment, being able get along with others. We have all seen it. Its that guy who knows his stuff, but can't carry a decent conversation when the meeting is over. Or how about the charismatic guy who everybody loves, but we all know he's not going produce real results. Being an effective leader definitely requires strong interpersonal skills.
To bring it all full circle is the final principle of leading by example. Just like with children that "do as I say, not as I do" is a bunch of bologna. We leaders have to thoroughly model our high level of standard to exemplify what we expect from those around us. Furthermore, a true leader produces other leaders.
Leadership skills is what I believe is required to take person from S-quadrant, self-employed/small business owner, to the the business owner in the B-quadrant. You must be able to do duplicate yourself and delegate, otherwise business will not operate when you are not present. If you are anything like me you are working your way to being an Investor, handling business from from your yacht. I believe that we will win!
Be Happy. Be Healthy. Be You!
Dr. Russell interviewed 200 people to piece together this 5 point model. The first step is to create a personal mission statement. What is your vision? Read my blog "Your Vision Needs Clarity" for more that subject. A business or people without vision will perish. This is what you deem as your purpose in life.
Now that we have a mission statement , we will continue on treating our selves as a business and write out a personal business plan. Don't panic, this can be easy. Lets write out a list of 5 to 10 things we desire, intellectually, physically, spiritually, and of course, financially. Under each goal determine 3 or 4 steps that can propel you in that direction.
Ok, so we know why here, what we came to do, now we need the energy to make it happen. We have to develop personal energy. My morning begins with qi qong, meditation, journaling, reading, yoga and a walk/run, drinking plenty of water. I do all this to build my mental, physical and spiritual energy up for the day. I recommend eating balanced meals including plenty of raw foods and vegetables. Having all your dreams come true won't do you any good if you have no energy.
The fourth point in the Personal Leadership Model is exercising personal empowerment. It is über important that you love what you do. In addition we need to have performance empowerment, being able to the get the job done, and interactive empowerment, being able get along with others. We have all seen it. Its that guy who knows his stuff, but can't carry a decent conversation when the meeting is over. Or how about the charismatic guy who everybody loves, but we all know he's not going produce real results. Being an effective leader definitely requires strong interpersonal skills.
To bring it all full circle is the final principle of leading by example. Just like with children that "do as I say, not as I do" is a bunch of bologna. We leaders have to thoroughly model our high level of standard to exemplify what we expect from those around us. Furthermore, a true leader produces other leaders.
Leadership skills is what I believe is required to take person from S-quadrant, self-employed/small business owner, to the the business owner in the B-quadrant. You must be able to do duplicate yourself and delegate, otherwise business will not operate when you are not present. If you are anything like me you are working your way to being an Investor, handling business from from your yacht. I believe that we will win!
Be Happy. Be Healthy. Be You!
