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Leadership expert John Maxwell says, “A leader knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.”
Motivational speaker Les Brown says, “Some of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”
Leadership has different definitions to different people, but many experts believe a leader shows, rather than tells.
A leader is someone a person watches and emulates, rather than one who gives orders.
To lead others, referring to Maxwell’s quote, you have to show the way. He doesn’t have to be loud, dynamic or boisterous. He just has to set an example for others to follow.
How do you become one of those? Going back to Brown’s quote, you can’t follow your fears.
You have to move, step or act whether or not what you are doing or where you are stepping is scary. Many good things are scary, at least at first.
Once you get in the habit of stepping or acting, it becomes much easier and much less scary. You will learn what you have, and why others should have it and take those willing to follow you to your – and their – dreams.
So, you’ve decided you want to be a leader, but your job doesn’t allow you to. Your job requires you to follow something or someone, perhaps something or someone you’d prefer not to follow. Still, you have to make a living, so you do as you are told.
Yet, there is something within you that is gnawing, telling you there is something much better out there for you.
Here is where you cast your fears aside and examine other alternatives. There are many vehicles out there that allow you to become one who knows, goes and shows.
Your mission, should you want to be a leader, is to look for one of those vehicles, by casting your fears aside and stepping outside your comfort zone.
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Certainly, not everyone is a leader. In fact, most leaders are found, rather than created.
The task is to match leaders with the right thing to lead others to.
If your current path is not working for you, it’s up to you to look for another one. You may not find it immediately, and you may have to stay in your “wrong” path until the right one appears.
That “right” path may appear through someone you already know, or someone you’ve yet to meet.
If your dreams are more powerful than your fears, if you long to know, go and show, you have to do what you need to and, perhaps with a few spare hours, work to find the way to get to your dreams.
It’s all possible, for those willing to look for it.
Peter