Napoleon Hill
There is a very obvious key to success in leadership and
that is to be the type of leader you yourself would want to follow. Think about this for a minute. What kind of people do you follow in life or
have you learned from and followed at some time in your life? What made you follow them? Do you possess those same traits? Do you do those same things, or try to be
like the people you’ve followed? We’ve
all been inspired by others, so do we try to learn from others?
Too often, if we are honest with ourselves, the answer is
no. The truth is, it is extremely
difficult to be the type of people we ourselves would like to follow. We often know what others like in a leader,
we know what makes a good leader, we know the things that will help us be more
effective, yet we just can’t seem to consistently do them. Having the discipline to be that type of
leader is rare indeed, but it is always worth the effort to get there, and it
can be done.
Too often we get upset with people when they do not follow
our lead or do what we ask but usually, we are the guilty ones as in most
instances, if our leaders behaved the way we did, we would probably have a
similar reaction. Learning to lead others
by being an example to them and being the type of person you yourself would
admire, respect, and follow is an important part to becoming a great leader.
So though we may not be perfect, we should be striving to
lead the way we’d like to be led. We
should embrace those actions, traits, behaviors, etc. that people we’ve
followed, that we truly enjoyed following, had.
If we are finding it difficult to lead others, this simple idea may be
our breakthrough. This simple thought of
sincerely trying to be the person we would want to follow may turn around our
success as leaders. All we have to do is
embrace it, and honestly take action and make a concerted effort to be
better.
I know we have the potential and capacity within us to do
this. We can be the person we ourselves would
follow!
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