I have written a number of articles now in relation to leadership. Why is this? I’m helping people to build a life of their own design. In other words, if you are not happy where your life is heading then I’m providing some ways to help change it. Agree it is not simple, but doing something now will have an impact later no matter how long it takes.
Creating and building a life of your own design takes commitment, focus and passion. Say for instance you have some great Ideas Working From Home. How do you take these ideas forward and change your life? To me it is not necessarily about the ideas or concepts, but whether one has the mindset to stay the course. This is where leadership comes into play.
Admiral Nelson, who defeated the French at the battle of Trafalgar, would often go below deck to spend time with his junior officers. This practice was unheard of. He didn’t go down to tell them what to do or to give them orders, but to listen to their stories because he was inspired by their energy and passion. They brought youth, spark, excitement and optimism. They had no experience. As we go up the ranks, we lose that passion despite gaining experience.
Nelson felt it was important to spend time with that youth to keep him energised. Equally he needed to share his experience to help the others grow.
This is a classic case of serving others, a leadership skill, and is not built into our culture or society as well as it should be.
Have you heard the term ‘servant leadership’? You generally never hear from people ‘I aspire to be a leader’, ‘I want to be a leader’, ‘I’m working on becoming a leader’. You normally hear ‘I want to be a leader of people’, ‘training my people to become leaders of people’ etc. In other words, we aspire to be a leader of people, not just a leader. There are no leaders of a company. This is the difference between leadership and management. A leader is responsible to those that follow them.
Getting results through influence is a leadership skill. Influence in business is much driven by authority; ‘I’m the boss and I’m going to tell you what to do!’ This is opposed to giving people access to your time and experience in order for them to learn and grow. If you have the experience, make it available to others – remain open.
What makes someone a lasting leader? Lasting leadership is not what is on the outside but what is within. It has everything to do with your character. This could be compared to beauty; getting your perspective right. It’s not about your hair style, expensive jewellery, lovely clothes, but the beauty within.
There was story about a department store selling beauty products and looking for a beautiful person to be pictured in a marketing campaign. The store asked its customers to send in pictures along with a story about the most beautiful women they knew. Thousands of letters were received. However, one particular letter got everyone’s attention hence was passed onto the president. Beside the picture was a note written by a boy from a broken home in a run down neighbourhood.
The note read:
‘A beautiful woman lives down the street from me. I visit her everyday. She makes me feel like the most important kid in the world. She listens to my problems, understands me, when I leave she always yells out the door – she is proud of me. The picture attached shows you she is the most beautiful woman in the World and one day hope to have a wife as pretty as her’.
Intrigued, the president of the company then looked at the picture. He was shown the photograph of a smiley toothless woman, bound in a wheel chair, spots, brown hair, wrinkles diminished by the twinkle in her eyes.
The president couldn’t use the picture in the campaign because he knew no beauty products were going to be needed to make this lady beautiful as beauty was driven from within.
Above are a number of different perspectives of leadership; providing access and influence to help others no matter where you stand in society. We all have an ability to give and to help others. In business, we thrive by making a connection with people. Serving people gets results. Leadership is about serving and sharing. Doing what it takes. Be committed to getting the most out of your days. Be committed to getting results. Be a leader.
We can all aspire to achieve better things. It may be a case of changing direction and doing something you have never done, but always dreamt of. I’m helping people to think positively about the future and how best use their time. I believe that people can find a way within to pursue an idea and a vision. We all have the ability to take control of our lives, but many just don’t know it or how.
My name is Gary Oakes and I have established a 3 in 1 solution to help anyone who is looking to start an income opportunity through the comfort of ones own home. Step 1 is to develop the passion and drive – set expectations. Step 2 is much about internet marketing techniques (free information). Step 3 provides an opportunity to work from home. The website is full of information and you will not see such valuable information contained all in one place and this is available to you. The journey starts by following this simple link Ideas Working From Home.
There is no commitment or expense to view the free material available to help you, and you never know, this might be the very thing you are looking for!
Creating and building a life of your own design takes commitment, focus and passion. Say for instance you have some great Ideas Working From Home. How do you take these ideas forward and change your life? To me it is not necessarily about the ideas or concepts, but whether one has the mindset to stay the course. This is where leadership comes into play.
Admiral Nelson, who defeated the French at the battle of Trafalgar, would often go below deck to spend time with his junior officers. This practice was unheard of. He didn’t go down to tell them what to do or to give them orders, but to listen to their stories because he was inspired by their energy and passion. They brought youth, spark, excitement and optimism. They had no experience. As we go up the ranks, we lose that passion despite gaining experience.
Nelson felt it was important to spend time with that youth to keep him energised. Equally he needed to share his experience to help the others grow.
This is a classic case of serving others, a leadership skill, and is not built into our culture or society as well as it should be.
Have you heard the term ‘servant leadership’? You generally never hear from people ‘I aspire to be a leader’, ‘I want to be a leader’, ‘I’m working on becoming a leader’. You normally hear ‘I want to be a leader of people’, ‘training my people to become leaders of people’ etc. In other words, we aspire to be a leader of people, not just a leader. There are no leaders of a company. This is the difference between leadership and management. A leader is responsible to those that follow them.
Getting results through influence is a leadership skill. Influence in business is much driven by authority; ‘I’m the boss and I’m going to tell you what to do!’ This is opposed to giving people access to your time and experience in order for them to learn and grow. If you have the experience, make it available to others – remain open.
What makes someone a lasting leader? Lasting leadership is not what is on the outside but what is within. It has everything to do with your character. This could be compared to beauty; getting your perspective right. It’s not about your hair style, expensive jewellery, lovely clothes, but the beauty within.
There was story about a department store selling beauty products and looking for a beautiful person to be pictured in a marketing campaign. The store asked its customers to send in pictures along with a story about the most beautiful women they knew. Thousands of letters were received. However, one particular letter got everyone’s attention hence was passed onto the president. Beside the picture was a note written by a boy from a broken home in a run down neighbourhood.
The note read:
‘A beautiful woman lives down the street from me. I visit her everyday. She makes me feel like the most important kid in the world. She listens to my problems, understands me, when I leave she always yells out the door – she is proud of me. The picture attached shows you she is the most beautiful woman in the World and one day hope to have a wife as pretty as her’.
Intrigued, the president of the company then looked at the picture. He was shown the photograph of a smiley toothless woman, bound in a wheel chair, spots, brown hair, wrinkles diminished by the twinkle in her eyes.
The president couldn’t use the picture in the campaign because he knew no beauty products were going to be needed to make this lady beautiful as beauty was driven from within.
Above are a number of different perspectives of leadership; providing access and influence to help others no matter where you stand in society. We all have an ability to give and to help others. In business, we thrive by making a connection with people. Serving people gets results. Leadership is about serving and sharing. Doing what it takes. Be committed to getting the most out of your days. Be committed to getting results. Be a leader.
We can all aspire to achieve better things. It may be a case of changing direction and doing something you have never done, but always dreamt of. I’m helping people to think positively about the future and how best use their time. I believe that people can find a way within to pursue an idea and a vision. We all have the ability to take control of our lives, but many just don’t know it or how.
My name is Gary Oakes and I have established a 3 in 1 solution to help anyone who is looking to start an income opportunity through the comfort of ones own home. Step 1 is to develop the passion and drive – set expectations. Step 2 is much about internet marketing techniques (free information). Step 3 provides an opportunity to work from home. The website is full of information and you will not see such valuable information contained all in one place and this is available to you. The journey starts by following this simple link Ideas Working From Home.
There is no commitment or expense to view the free material available to help you, and you never know, this might be the very thing you are looking for!
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