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.
About Me
- successful 1
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 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, commercial, accounting, financial, strategic issues – and all of the other elements that drive good business in a competitive marketplace. I have had the chance to explore effective management tactics and processes and that has been valuable. 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 capacity to move into the detail with skill - while being an effective leader along the way.