John Quincy Adams once said, If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Leaders Are Not Born, They're Made. Ben Carson said and I quote; there is no such person as a self-made individual. Some might proudly dispute this fact. Psychologically, behavioral theories has proven the existence of the fact that people can become leaders through the process of teaching, learning and observation. Leadership traits are not a function of biological inheritance but acquired and developed set of skills that can be learned by training, perception, practice and experience over time. Every man and woman is a potential Leader in the making. Leadership is Development.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves, Ray Kroc. The quality of development and quick achievement is based on the quality of the standards you set for yourself. Your greatness and leadership success in life is determined by your standards, principles, policies and personal discipline. You cannot rise above the limit of your expectations, dreams and goals as defined and determined by you. The quality of our self discipline in attaining and breaking our standards is what determines our leadership making in the ultimate. Great achievements are a product of positive developments in time. Leadership is about getting results, results are sometimes and many time a product of the level of standards we set for ourselves. Your assignment today determines your attainment tomorrow. Your attainment is bound to your discipline, discipline conveys the accomplishment of your standards.
John C. Maxwell said and I quote "Leadership is Influence". Leaders are influencers, leadership is based on your level of impact which determines your self value in return, it is about relationships with impact. Influence is impact. Your sphere of influence is determined by your circle of impact. Life is a symbiotic relationship of dependence on people or being dependent on. What you can deliver or offer to your world and mankind per time defines your influence rating in the making. Your Value Added Impact is a function of your influence positively. Leadership is not in position or possession but in positive contribution. It is not in duration but in donations. Your present status is a result of your influence positively or negatively.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way, John C. Maxwell. Your influence is a product of the level of your responsibility. A leader is at the top, his strengths and weaknesses loudly speaks and become the topic, likewise he takes the front and dare faces the confrontations. A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit, Arnold H. Glasow. Leadership is about taking responsibility for yourself, your actions, your decisions and others. It is about leading in character, commitment, communication and courage. It is being the blueprint, the right model for people's positive or negative conduct, effectiveness, character and competency. Your confidence and courage to be bold and go for the gold are loads of responsibility weighed on a leader. J. Oswald Sanders said "The quality of men which enables them to encounter danger and difficulty with firmness and without fear and depression" is Courage. The thoughts of a leader are his confidence, his actions are his competence.
The trademark in leadership for every successful leader is firmly embedded in integrity and attitude. Your attitudes defines you. It determines your altitude. Your attitude is who you're. A leader is inseparable from his attitude, attitude produces character, your character determines your action. A man cannot rise above the limitation of his character. A person's character is nothing but how he or she behaves. Your character is not an imitation, it is you; yourself. It cannot be hidden, it is a smoke, it is like a pregnancy. Your attitude determines how far you'll go in life as a leader and your goodwill with men. The influence you are made of, you impact, positively or negatively. Attitude is powerful, it can mar you or make you. A leader in the making begins to cultivate the leadership seed in him or her today circumspectly with a keen mind for greatness. Leadership oportunities awaits all, but it is only given to or grabbed by prepared men and women sensitive and ready in time.
I Am James Adedeji
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I Am James Adedeji
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