We cannot lift another without lifting ourselves.
Mack Story, Blue-Collar Leadership?
Developing the Blue-Collar Workforce and those who lead them.?│Author of 15 Books│Leadership Speaker│Trainer
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Leadership is not about me, but it starts with me!
We may begin our personal growth journey for ourselves, but there will come a time when we will have grown so much our vision for ourselves begins to encompass others.
If we believe in other people and we believe we have a responsibility to assist others on their journey, we will naturally gravitate towards those who want and need our help (perfect example of this in the video above).
As we grow ourselves, there will be a natural tendency to begin to help grow our organization, those within it, and those around us in our personal lives too.
“Every wise leader, whether a manager, a military officer, or a mother — should consider how to lead those who follow him or her as if inspiration were the only leadership leverage. Good leaders inspire people. They breathe life into individuals and groups. They animate organizations. They breed the contagion of enthusiasm. They excite people to dream the dreams, take the risks, and make the sacrifices that are necessary to create better futures.” ~ Terry A. Smith
High impact leadership begins with growing yourself and ends with you having the desire and ability to effectively grow and develop others.
Our true purpose is not success. It is to achieve significance as we help lift others. We cannot lift another without also lifting ourselves.
Success is about what we do for ourselves.
Significance is about what we do for others.
Which person do you think will have more influence and have the ability to earn more during a lifetime?
Being successful, and ultimately significant, is determined by your ability to influence others to achieve success at a high level.
Who would you rather follow?
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The answer is obvious: Someone with great vision and the ability to turn their vision into reality.
If you want to lead at a high level, you must have a vision and aspire to transform it into reality through endless growth.
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body: his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he is always doing both.” ~ L. P. Jacks
Transformation Turns Vision into Reality
Where will you have the greatest influence?
You will discover you have the greatest influence in the area where you also have the greatest passion. What motivates and inspires you will give you the energy and authenticity to motivate and inspire others.
In order to fully leverage your passion to increase your influence, you must use it to find, reveal, and refine your why – your purpose.
Discovering your purpose doesn’t happen accidentally as you go through life. It happens intentionally as you grow through life.
Once you discover your purpose, you do not stop. You cannot stop. You focus on it for the rest of your life as you begin to live life on purpose for a purpose.
Every day you allow your passion to fuel your growth is a day you discover more and learn more about your purpose.
When your vision flows from your passion and purpose, you find clarity and become highly effective and highly influential. Play becomes work, and work becomes play.
For these lucky few, they are able to trade in their two day weekend for a seven day weekend.
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