Thursday, April 17, 2008

The Leader Within


So, what is a leader? What does it really take for you to be looked at as a leader? You have to be able to direct people to a clear-cut path in a single direction. You can't just offer a choice because people will get into a debate inside their own mind about it. They feel they don't have enough experience to make a good choice, and nothing will happen. The way their thinking goes, they don't know how to get to where they want to be. They will be totally happy following, so long as you grab the lead. Tell them explicitly what to do. Then their only choice is to follow you or not.

What this means is, to be a leader, you need to be certain that the actions you take make a difference. It really doesn't matter so much how you do it, so long as you do it with passion. I once saw a plaque on a wall that said, "I may not be right, but I'm never in doubt." That is the thought of an inspiring leader. People who want to achieve things in life will stay away from people in doubt. To attract the right people to your network marketing business, you need to act with certainty. That will make you magnetic.

It's always surprising how many people look to others to guide them when, if they just Googled their question, they'd have an answer. True leaders don't wait for others to make a move to do it for them. They find a model of what they want, then they figure it out and make it work. When a leader doesn't understand how to do something, they try it anyway. This isn't revolutionary. We all learn to drive by driving. Being a leader is all about having a "think REALLY big" mindset, and then doing the necessary actions. A leader absolutely knows that they are the ONLY one responsible for their future, so they do the logical actions that will bring the results they want.

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