How Become a Leader

Extraordinary Leadership Great leaders are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather by the presence of clear strengths. The key to developing great leadership is to build strengths.  Leaders can be made •     Leadership characteristics can be developed. •     You can be a better leader. •     Some people come into the world endowed with self-confidence and a keen intellect that is clearly an advantage. •     But nearly all people are made better leaders from specific development activities. •     Leaders are a lot more “made” than they are “born”. •     Best evidence that leaders can be created starting with “regular” people is the remarkable track record of the U.S. Marines. •     Marine recruits often come from troubled or abusive homes. •     They often have not attended college. •     Yet many marine...

Self discipline and Personal Excellence   — Make a decision today to invest in yourself and getting better, as if   your future depends on it-because it does. — Identify the most important skills you have that determine the quality and quantity of results you get at your work, and make a plan to get better in each one. — If you could wave a magic wand and become absolutely excellent in any one skill, which one skill would have the greatest impact on your earning ability? — Whatever your answer, set that skill as a goal, makes a plan, and work on it every day. — Select the top person in your field, the one you admire most, and use him or her as a role model for your own development. — Commit yourself today to lifelong learning, and never let a day go by without getting in some area. — Resolve today to “switch on” your success mechanism and unlock your goal-achieving mechanism by deciding exactly what you really want in life. — Make a list of ten g...