Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Become a Leader

"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." Vince Lombardi

Our country’s greatest need right now maybe leadership because everything rises and falls on leadership. We need leaders in our business terrain. There is a tendency for us to think that the subject of leadership is for those that are up there or only politicians, but I want you to realize that this discourse is about you and I.

You have leadership potential locked up inside you and you can exert a measure of influence to some degree whenever God might have placed you.

A body cannot move faster than its head the values and principles of a nation depend largely on the leader. This holds true also for a family.

Leadership can be defined as the ability of one person to influence many people to achieve worthwhile goals. The keyword is influence, when you discover the power in leadership, you will want to be a leader because leadership multiplies your effectiveness and puts your success on the geometric level.

The cheapest way to multiply your life is to become a leader to be able to raise other leaders after yourself. Your effectiveness in life will never rise beyond your leadership ability.

Everybody is born to rule. Have you ever influenced anybody to make a decision? Have you persuaded anyone to join you on a course or an assignment? Then you are a leader. Uncommon leaders solve uncommon problems and become an inspiration to others in the process.

To be a leader:

  • You need a guiding vision: Ability to see ahead to know where we have to go. (Clear picture of the future)
  • You need a definite purpose: Leaders are crusaders, crusaders are people who are willing to lay their lives for a cause. Stand for what is right wherever you are.

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1 comment:

  1. Good food for thought. I wish our leaders in Nigeria will read this and meditate on it.
    Title is nothing. Character is what qualifies a leader.
    Thanks for sharing.
    NaijaEcash

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