The following are small insights in seven principles that may help you to gain perspective and stay on course to YOUR SUCCESS.
Some people have never really learned to travel very well in the arena of personal integrity, growth through adversity and recovery from failure.
As you go ponder these thoughts, I trust that you’ll learn to navigate your own life direction in stormy weather or the deep blue calm seas…keeping upright on a true course.
1 FACE THE RIGHT DIRECTION!
Face up to your weakness, as well as your strengths.
Leaders take responsibility for their lives and the direction they take.
Leaders cast the vision and set the direction.
2 PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR MIND, BODY & THOUGHTS!
Take time to really examine your own life…the places where you might be “leaking”. Are certain habits creeping back? Are cracks appearing in your recovery? It may be time to put in a little extra “rehab work” with a friend, colleague or a counsellor.
Leaders don’t shy away from self examination.
3 EXPECT ADVERSE WINDS!
Are you staying on course? Are you making the right “course corrections” in your life to help you keep your top lines working and your bottom lines intact?
Leaders know how to continually adjust to keep on course.
4 WHEN IN TROUBLE, LET GO!
Do you need to let go of your reputation or shame? While you’re not the “perfect person” you often portrayed…you’re not the sum of your sin either. Let go of both extremes and direct yourself into safe waters of healing, help and recovery.
Leaders have great resiliency.
5 PREPARE YOUR CREW!
Those around you often have a hard time adjusting to these rapid course corrections. We often forget the comfort of those around us depends on us communicating what we know might lie just ahead. Learn to read the wind and prepare those around you for what’s looming on the horizon.
Leaders share their insight and communicate with their crew.
6 INVITE OTHERS TO TRAVEL YOUR SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY WITH YOU!
Others need to hear how you travel along your journey into growth or recovery. You’ve faced strong winds and rough waters. Invite another person to lunch. Share your story and your struggles. Be an encourager. Lead a conversation with a few other people, or organize one and find someone to lead it. Someone has to initiate to make it happen…why not you? Keep an eye out for the guy on the horizon who needs to be invited in.
Being “inclusive” is a mark of leadership.
7 THERE’S ALWAYS MORE SUCCESS OUT THERE!
The great news is that you can continue to grow for the rest of your life into a deeper more intimate relationship with others. You don’t ever have to stop, and it’s not something that is ever “complete” or that you eventually “retire” from. As you grow you’ll have a greater capacity to lead and influence those around you.
Leaders who persevere are in for the long haul, and not just a seasonal run.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
I have had an interesting and rewarding work history so far. It has taken me down several paths and provided me with experience that has added to my overall understanding of corporate concepts, commercial applications, accounting processes, financial alternatives, strategic issues – and all of the other elements that drive good business in a competitive marketplace. I've been fortunate to work in quite an array of business environments including the political arena, the finance world, administration within the building and construction industry and others, non-profit community organisations and accountancy. Now it is time for the next phase of my life to work with a group of achievers who value experience, people-skills, ideas, energy and action.
I have had the chance to explore effective management tactics and processes in a few positions so far and that has been valuable. In my estimation, good management relies on an understanding of the company’s mission, a sensitive awareness of the value of people and situations, the ability to see the whole issue and the capacity to move into the detail with skill - while being an effective leader along the way. There is obvious value in work colleagues having a real commitment to each day - to genuinely want to be involved in a well-functioning operation rather than just come to work because they must. But I have learnt to facilitate more than just manage. To me that means not just accepting the way things are but looking for sensible alternatives and new ways to achieve them. Creating an atmosphere for that to happen is stimulating in itself and I have enjoyed that in the past.
The work I have done in the past is varied, but it has included working as a Contractor in different commercial areas. Contrary to popular opinion, I find that has provided unique opportunities to extend my knowledge and understanding of business patterns. I have been able to explore the best aspects of each company’s philosophies and work systems – apply the best to my own work ethic and reject those that I can see have little value. Along the way with all of my work I have gained a good overall knowledge of people-management, administration, communication and the proper use of systems and resources. I have learnt the value of hard work and a great deal about the business and corporate side of life. During this progress I noticed that as I learnt a new skill or gained more knowledge of a useable system, these pieces have created a sort of framework that I have applied to the next range of tasks. With all the work, there have been two common factors - people and professionalism. An interest in exceptional standards and clearly defined results continues to grow and I enjoy that whole process.
I have had the chance to explore effective management tactics and processes in a few positions so far and that has been valuable. In my estimation, good management relies on an understanding of the company’s mission, a sensitive awareness of the value of people and situations, the ability to see the whole issue and the capacity to move into the detail with skill - while being an effective leader along the way. There is obvious value in work colleagues having a real commitment to each day - to genuinely want to be involved in a well-functioning operation rather than just come to work because they must. But I have learnt to facilitate more than just manage. To me that means not just accepting the way things are but looking for sensible alternatives and new ways to achieve them. Creating an atmosphere for that to happen is stimulating in itself and I have enjoyed that in the past.
The work I have done in the past is varied, but it has included working as a Contractor in different commercial areas. Contrary to popular opinion, I find that has provided unique opportunities to extend my knowledge and understanding of business patterns. I have been able to explore the best aspects of each company’s philosophies and work systems – apply the best to my own work ethic and reject those that I can see have little value. Along the way with all of my work I have gained a good overall knowledge of people-management, administration, communication and the proper use of systems and resources. I have learnt the value of hard work and a great deal about the business and corporate side of life. During this progress I noticed that as I learnt a new skill or gained more knowledge of a useable system, these pieces have created a sort of framework that I have applied to the next range of tasks. With all the work, there have been two common factors - people and professionalism. An interest in exceptional standards and clearly defined results continues to grow and I enjoy that whole process.
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