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Why Am I Here?

June 25th, 2010 by Michael Feil

Today I want to truly write a post from the heart. I have a ton of friends that I interact with on my blog and the social media sites that I frequent and I love the interaction that I have with every one of you. There is a lot of diversity and back grounds out there and I enjoy reading about you all and seeing where you really come from.

So why am I here? Good question. Actually it’s a question I have been asking myself for a while. Hey, I teach to be authentic with your posts and to be real, so I’m just being real. Many of you know that I’m a Christian and first and foremost I am here to serve God and honor Him.

1 Peter 5:2-3
2Just as shepherds watch over their sheep, you must watch over everyone God has placed in your care. Do it willingly in order to please God, and not simply because you think you must. Let it be something you want to do, instead of something you do merely to make money. 3Don’t be bossy to those people who are in your care, but set an example for them.

I honor God by helping people. It may be Biblically related it may not. I may help someone understand the real power of the cross or I may help someone understand the power of social media marketing. But in either case I’m doing it with a servant heart. I’m doing it because I like and want to help people. I want to make a difference in this world.

I’m here to be the best husband to my wife and father to my girls that I can possibly be. God has blessed me with a great family and being self employed I now have the luxury to even be more attentive to them than I did when I was working in Corporate America (except when we are doing a product launch!).

I’m here to be an educator of social media marketing and how to make money online. I love to do it and I enjoy doing it. I love making the connections, interacting with people online, and sharing the principles that have made me successful.

So here’s what I’m dealing with right now. What is my current call in ministry? Ministry is a huge part of my life. The Bible tells us to go out and share what God has done in our lives.

Matthew 28:19-20 19Go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples. Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, 20and teach them to do everything I have told you. I will be with you always, even until the end of the world.

Believe me, I have done a lot when it comes to ministry. I have started up ministries from scratch, I helped plant a church, I have lead Sunday school, I have preached to my congregation, I have preached to youth, I have organized youth camps, I have volunteered my time for various ministries, etc.

I have seen some amazing miracles come from people fully turning their lives over to God and understanding that they can’t do it on their own. There have been miracles in my life that have happened because I know God’s hand was on me and guiding me. There have been struggles I have been gone through that I the outcome was hopeless and I tried everything I could to fix the problem or issue on my own and failed miserably, but when I went to God’s Word and finally asked for His help the problems were fixed and the outcomes were positive.

Romans 8:28
28We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God—those whom he has called according to his plan.

My dilemma is what is my real calling? Why am I really here? I know I have one! I thought my calling was this one certain ministry but it has been one frustration after another and there are some battle scars that I have with that ministry.

There is another ministry that I am also involved with that I enjoy doing and I know I’m making a difference in those people’s lives.

So I need to spend some time deep in prayer seeking God to see what he wants me to do…bow out of the first one and just focus on the second or fight through both of them.

So why am I telling you all of this? Actually, I don’t know! This has been on my heart for a while and I just needed to express this. Maybe this post will somehow put some things into perspective for you, or maybe this post will just help me think things through better, but either or I know God is in control and whatever the outcome is I’m going to serve Him to the best of my ability.

My life does have a purpose and I am so happy I serve a living God that cares for me, has lifted me up when I needed him, has shared my joys, and knows everything about me.

Matthew 10:29-31
29-31″What’s the price of a pet canary? Some loose change, right? And God cares what happens to it even more than you do. He pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—even numbering the hairs on your head! So don’t be intimidated by all this bully talk. You’re worth more than a million canaries.

People ask me sometimes, “Mike, how do you know God is real?” You know because of the experiences you have with Him. You know because you see positive outcomes in situations that were so hopeless and so negative you can only know that it’s God that carried you through those situations. You know because there is a joy in your life that you just can’t explain. You know because you can feel His presence in your life. You know…because you just know. It’s hard to explain if you’re not a Christian. It’s like an extra sense or an extra feeling that you have. I guess that’s the most easiest way to explain it.

So how to end this post? Well, I’ve been thinking about that for the past 20 minutes! I guess what I’m going to do is like I said spend some time in prayer about my ministry calling and seek direction from God. If anyone has any good books they can suggest I would appreciate that too!

If you’re still reading this I hope my post has somehow helped you out as well. I am human, I am normal, and I do have struggles just like everyone else does. I just take my struggles to God trust in Him that He will work things out.

I do want to leave you with a video from one of my favorite bands, The David Crowder Band. I hope you enjoy this song as much as I enjoy it.

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UPDATE
After spending some time with God in prayer I have decided to stay in both ministries and go in a different direction with one of the ministries that I have been focusing on. I’m looking forward to the doors that are going to be open with this ministry and to see lives changed because of it!

I’m reading a great book now called In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day. It’s about how to thrive and survive when opportunity roars. Many people like to run when they see “lions”…I like to chase ‘em and defeat ‘em!

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The Cycle Of Achievement (Pt. 5)

September 4th, 2009 by Michael Feil

Today is the final part of the Cycle of Achievement which comes to the most important part…Seeing Counsel. Many people are coming to me SEEKING COUNSEL about Social Media Marketing Tactics and Strategies.

 

 

Cycle Of Achievement

Cycle Of Achievement

Experience is not the best teacher; other people’s experience is the best teacher. For this reason, leaders must find a credible mentor so they are not forced into a trial-and-error process.

 

 

Receiving mentorship may be done in person or on the phone with someone interested in sharing his or her wisdom. It may come from studying historical figures with relevance to the undertakings of the leader. It may come from studying the materials provided by a speaker or author who can provide wisdom and experience to a leader. Or it may come by subscribing to a autoresponder list like this one and receive educational emails that will help you grow and develop your skills. By far the best type of mentor is the one that is personally concerned and connected to you and willing to give you time and attention through face-to-face interaction, telephone calls, and emails. Such a mentor is priceless in the career of a leader.

 

 

I can call my mentor up anytime and say, “Hey, can we meet this week? I need to talk to you about some things, ideas, struggles I have having with my business, etc.” and he will make time for me. I am so lucky to have that kind of relationship with my mentor because I have tried other network marketing businesses and other investment projects, but because I didn’t have a mentor I was stuck and didn’t know what to do and lost money. Because I now have a mentor who is guiding me, I am making money in my business ventures.

 

 

Even when a leader is clear on objectives and implements a well-thought-out game plan, things can go awry. If a leader is going from point A to point B and goes off course a little bit and continues that off course path they will be very far from their goal by the time they stop their journey.

 

 

If the same leader has his or her mentor walk with them the mentor can make mid-course corrections when the leader is going off the correct path. By the end of the journey the leader will be able to make it to Point B because of the guidance from his or her mentor.

 

 

In the book, Launching A Leadership Revolution by Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward, there are several reasons laid out as to why a leader seeks counsel from a mentor. Today I will discuss a few of those reasons.

 

 

A Leader Seek Counsel to Learn

 

 

Leaders know they always have more to learn. What can a leader learn from mentorship? On a personal level a leader can gain information, attitudes, perspectives, judgments, strategies, mind-sets, priorities, and objectives. On a business level a leader can learn a new system of marketing their home based business just like the techniques I went over with you for the past 8 days. However, this can never occur without humility on the part of the leader. A leader must humble himself before a mentor and agree to take counsel.

 

 

When a leader counsels with a mentor it is time to open up and honestly report results. If the results are lacking, leaders need to hold themselves accountable to their mentors for improvement. Now is not the time for the leader to impress his mentor. It is time for the leader to be held accountable for his actions so he can improve his leadership skills.

 

 

Mentors are not there to make leaders feel better or inflate their egos with unearned praise. Mentors rise above mere friendship and provide needed, straight-ahead guidance. At times this may be uncomfortable for a developing leader, but the price of discomfort with a mentor is much less than the price of discomfort that comes with mistakes in judgment or poor performance in the field.

 

 

A Leader Seeks Counsel to Receive Feedback

 

 

Just like a student receiving a report card, leaders obtain feedback on their performance. A mentor can provide a positive outlook, where a leader sees only his own failures. Sometimes we can be our own worst critics. Sometime we can be very hard on ourselves and only look at the negative things we do and not see all the good we are doing. Mentors show us the positive things we are doing so we can keep a good balance of what we are doing right and what we need to improve upon.

 

 

A mentor can also keep the developing leader’s head from “swelling” by shining a light on areas for further improvement. This is where it is a big help if goals have been set correctly and game plans are clear and will structured. Mentors can provide feedback on how well the leader is working according to priorities, on the mid-set and attitude of the leader, and on the leader’s progress toward the goals.

 

 

A Leader Seeks Counsel to Grow Personally

 

 

The overall goal of mentorship is to grow the leader. It is a fact of life for leaders that they have to get better. And they must commit to growing on a regular basis. Mentors are there to provide guidance and place a continued emphasis on personal growth.

 

 

A mentor must communicate with the leader constantly so that he / she knows that the leader is growing personally.

 

 

The leader must have the hunger inside them to reciprocate that communication so they know they are getting all they can from their mentor. It shouldn’t be the mentor’s job to keep tabs on the leader. It should be the leader seeking out the mentor. The mentor does need to make sure they set time aside for the leader to make sure that the leader is constantly growing.

 

 

A Leader Seeks Counsel to Earn Respect

 

 

To be respected by the respected is every leader’s desire. Money and fame and power and prestige may all have some charm, but here is nothing like earning the respect of someone who has been instrumental in teaching and guiding our own growth and success. Leaders know this about themselves and strive to earn the respect of their mentors. This is true because in our business when we earn the respect from our peers and really feel that we’ve people are learning from us, buying from us, and wanting to partner with us it makes us feel like we have really arrived and have received the respect that we’ve been working towards all this time.

 

 

I want to encourage you to partner up with a mentor if you don’t have one yet. This could be a mentor from your company or it could be someone that is not affiliated with your company but has the knowledge of how to market in the social media world and that will spend the proper time with you to help you and develop your skills so that you can go out there and improve and increase your business.

 

 

The Cycle of Achievement Summary

 

 

It is the interactive Cycle of Achievement loop that leaders deploy in their planned attack on status quo.  Understanding each of the parts and using it as a road map allows leaders to improve their performance on a continuing basis. The Cycle of Achievement gives leaders one way to describe that improvement process and keeps them on track as they rotate the cycle over and over again. With every rotation, the leader improves, and betters himself.

 

 

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The Cycle Of Achievement (Pt. 4)

September 3rd, 2009 by Michael Feil

We have been talking about the Cycle of Achievement from the #1 best selling book Launching A Leadership

Cycle Of Achievement

Cycle Of Achievement

 

 

Revolution by Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward.  So far we have covered Goals and Game Plans, and today we are going to talk about what happens after we set our goals and have our game plans we need to do something or we will never reach our goals…and that is WORK!

 

 

According to Brady and Woodward when applied to a leader, the term working encompasses several categories.  I am only going to cover a few of them today.  You will need to get the book in order see all of the categories.

 

 

Working: Leading by Example

 

 

Abraham Lincoln said, “Example is not the main thing in influencing other people; it’s the only thing.”  Leaders must set the example.  Many seem to have the idea that a leader is someone with a position, or someone with the ability to talk a good game.  But a ture leader sets the example with his or her action on a daily basis, period.

 

 

If you are a network marketer you need to lead your community by example or else you’re not going to have a big community to lead.  You need to be doing or have done what you are teaching your community so they can see you are someone worthy of following.

 

 

Working:  Demonstrating a Strong Work Ethic

 

 

There are no shortcuts to success.  Leaders who search for a shortcut end up getting cut short.  Sometimes those in a position of leadership want to shirk the grunt work and instead tell others what to do, but that is not true leadership.  When a leader resorts to delegating because he is not willing to do it himself, he has reverted to managing instead of leading.  True leadership is being willing to live down in the trenches where the action is and do whatever is necessary.

 

 

Peter Drucker said, “No leader is worth his salt who won’t set up chairs.”  Don’t misunderstand what I am saying…a leader’s job is not to tackle the tasks and responsibilities of his subordinates.  A leader must simply be wiling to, as there is not job below the leader.

 

 

The strong work ethic demonstrated by he leader energizes the organization and propels everyone forward.

 

 

Working:  Taking Responsibility

 

 

Leaders take responsibility for their actions and for their decisions.  Leaders are not always right and don’t always make the right decisions.  Real leaders make decisions, and then they make those decisions right.

 

 

Al Kaltman says,  “The successful leader gets superior performance from ordinary people.”  That happens because the leader takes responsibility for those results.  A leader does not make excuses.  A leader does not place blame on others.  A leader does not evade duty.  Taking responsibility means holding oneself to a standard of results.

 

 

If leaders don’t like the outcomes, they make changes, taking full responsibility for implementing those changes.  If something goes wrong, they take he blame.  If something goes well, they share the credit.

 

 

There are a lot more working principles that are in the book but I think I will let your marinate on that for a while.  Working is the most important one in the Cycle of Achievement because you can have good goals, your can have a great game plan but if you don’t work all that is worthless.

 

 

So go out there today and work your game plan so you can reach your goals!  Let me know if I can help!

 

 

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A Sad Situation

July 8th, 2009 by Michael Feil

Christina (my wife) and I took custody of a 17 year old girl that is a junior in high school back in October 2008 (she is now 18).  She was in a very bad situation and needed a family to love and care for her.  So we went through the court system and became her legal guardians.  She joined our family with our two other daughters Morgan (6), and Callie (4). 

 

Christina and I told her that if she was gonna live here she would live by our rules (which are not very strict) and she would become part of our family.  We told her we would treat her like our own daughter.  We gave her love, support, told her that we were proud of her, and just tried to build her up by giving her positive influence. 

 

About five months into her staying at our house we noticed a change in her.  Her actions became negative, our discussions about her behavior became more often, and even though we showered her with the care and affection every daughter needs her behavior became worse. 

 

About a month ago she was scheduled to fly and see her mom for a month.  The night before she left she did something so bad that it put my family (especially my two little girls) in a dangerous situation.  After I took care of this dangerous situation my wife and I talked with her for the next four hours about her life, her actions, her decisions, and what’s been going on recently.  We found out about a lot of bad stuff that was going down.

 
The next day when before Christina dropped her off at the airport I told her that she has 1 month to think about her actions and how she wants to live, and Christina and I has 1 month to decide if we are going to accept her back into our family, let alone into our house again.

 

During this past month Christina and I found out even more stuff that was going on and that was continuing to go on while she was away.  So that shows us that she still doesn’t care about her actions nor the harmful life that she is living.  So I informed her today that she will not living with us when she arrives back to Delaware, and that she can live with her dad now that he is back in town (which isn’t a great situation but she made the decision by her actions).

 

I think there are two main themes here (I may think of more as I am typing). 
The first one is SELF-RESPCT.  One thing that we have found out and that she has admitted is that she doesn’t have any self-respect.  If you don’t respect yourself or have any self-worth then you can’t have any meaningful goals, dreams, or aspirations.  Without self-respect you will never be successful.  Without self-respect you life will go into a downward spiral. 

 

Self-respect is vital to living a healthy lifestyle, making the right decisions, and learning to love yourself.  If you can’t love or accept who you are then of course you will walk around with a non-caring attitude and you will put yourself in every bad situation that you can possibly think of. 

 

People can not make you respect yourself.  That has to come deep from within you.  Christina and I saw the potential in this young girl.  She finished this year on the honor roll, getting sports awards, and was really in a good situation, but because she didn’t see what Christina and I saw (even though we gave her the positive comments and love and care that she needed) she has made several wrong decisions.

 

Her comment to me was that she was a mess up and will always be that way.  I tried several times to explain to her that it doesn’t have to be that way.  She can get out of the situation she is in and can be happy and have a good life.  I gave her the example of Christina coming from a family where everyone fights and no one get along.  Chrisitna made the decision one day that she is not going to live that way and took herself out of that situation because she wanted to be happy and have a good life…and she did.

 

I tried to explain to her (just like my tag line says) that Chrisitna and I have been feeding her POSITIVE INFORMATION these past several months, because she never ACTED on the information we gave her she never got POSTIVE RESULTS.  If you act on information from someone that has more experience than you, most of the time you are going to get positive results.  How’s the saying go…You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. 

 

Your life is what YOU make of it, and to be honest, life is too short to live a life of hating yourself and not caring about the world around you. Change is hard, it’s not easy, and it takes work, but if your are willing to put in the time and stick to your goals you will see small improvements there and there and eventually you will be out of the situation you were once in.

 

The second thing is that your actions affects others.  This girl we were taking care of didn’t think of that.  She was putting herself in a dangerous situation, which put my family in a dangerous situation, which put me in a dangerous situation because I had to quickly get the situation under control.  So because of her negative actions she will not be living in our house anymore.  So her actions have affected herself, her mom and dad because they now have to deal with her, me and Christina because of her betrayal, and my two little girls because now I have to find a way to explain to them why their “big sister” is not living with us anymore. 

 

What ever you do, positive or negative, affects people.  It doesn’t just affect yourself.  Things that you do, big things or little things, have an affect on the environment around you.  People notice when you do things big or small, and when they see what you do they will form an opinion, they will think about what you did, and they may respond positively or negatively to how you acted.

 

For example, an elderly person is having trouble carrying in their groceries from their car to their house.  He sees you watching him, he already has a negative opinion formed of the “younger generation” and you do nothing to help him.  This proves to him that their opinion was right.  Now if you go and show one act of kindness…one positive act their opinion may be changed because you showed you care.  You may not of thought what you did was a big deal, but it was an opinion changing action to that elderly person.

 
Your actions don’t just affect you!

 

So take away what you want from this post.  It’s just sad to see this happen.  I am disappointed in her actions, but I can say with a clear conscience that Christina and I did everything we could to help her out.  She just didn’t want the help.  Her negative actions are catching up to her and she is going to get hit hard soon.  I just feel bad for her when that day comes.  But like I said, she made her choice.

 

One thing’s for sure, this will not hinder Christina and I from helping people.  That is what we’re about!  We’re trying to make a positive impact on this world and we will do it one action at a time…and if you don’t want it we’ll move on to the next person.  But I hope you want it because no one deserves to live in many of the circumstances that are out there today.

 

I wish you all the best!  Please comment and retweet this if you can.

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What is True Leadership?

June 28th, 2009 by Michael Feil

 Today I want to touch on what is leadership. 

 

Let’s start off with a good definition of leadership from John Maxwell who says, “Leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less.  People have so many misconceptions about leadership.  When they hear that someone has an impressive title or an assigned leadership position, they assume that he is a leader.  Sometimes that’s true.  But titles don’t have much value when it comes to leading.  True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned.  It comes only from influence, and that can’t be mandated.  It must be earned.”

 

So basically leadership is the influence of others in a productive, vision-driven direction and is done through the example, conviction, and character of the leader. 

 

Your boss (if you have one) may think he is a leader but he is really a manager.  Why?  Because he has no influence.  Yeah, he may tell people what to do and people may be scared of him, but that is not leading.  That is poor management! 

 

True leaders get people to do what they need to do by influencing them to do it by setting an example themselves, showing character, integrity, and respect for the people they influence. 

 

Here is an example, suppose you are in a sales position and your numbers aren’t up to par this month and your boss sits you down in his office and says, “You need to bring up your numbers because if you don’t you will know what’s going to happen!  We can’t afford to have underperformers here at this company!  Now go get me some coffee!”

 

That is an example of a lousy manager with very poor leadership skills.  If your boss was a true leader he would say something like, ‘I see that your numbers have dipped this month.  What’s going on out in the sales field?  Have you tried doing this ….?  You’re one of our best sales reps and I know and trust you can bring your numbers up by the end of the month.  What can I do to help you out?  Do you think it would be beneficial for me to go on some calls with you?  Let’s put together a plan for the rest of this month and see how we can get your numbers up to where they need to be.”

 

Big difference!  You see in the first example the boss is flexing his POWER, showing his CONTROL, and is asking to be SERVED. 

 

While the second example the boss is GIVING POWER (EMPOWERING) by saying you can do this.  He is HELPING OTHERS FIX PROBLEMS AND MOVE FORWARD by strategizing with you to see how you can bring up your numbers.  Finally, he is SERVING you by asking if he can help you in any way and seeing if he can go out with you into the field. 

 

What it comes basically comes down to is communication and relationships.  Leaders know how to communicate and they know how to establish strong relationships that will be a win / win situation.  Just remember leaders empower, help others fix problems and move forward, and serve others.  I just want to encourage you to think of how you can use these 3 important principles in your own life whether it’s at work or at home. 

 

The leadership training system that I am teach stresses on the two things that I mentioned above….communication and relationships.

 

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The Three Foundational Qualities Of A Leader

June 27th, 2009 by Michael Feil

Today I wantto talk about the Three Foundational Qualities of a Leader taken from the #1 Best Selling book on leadership, Launching A Leadership Revolution by Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward.
Here they are:

 

- Hungry

 
- Hone-able

 
- Honest

 
All leaders have to have these three qualities. They are very important for someone to reach the leadership status. Why? Well, let’s review them real quick…

 
Foundation Quality Number One – Hungry

 
Let’s look a hunger in general. Have you ever watched the news and they were doing a story on people that live in 3rd world countries who were starving and you see this hunger relief truck backing up to a crowd of these starving people? What happens when one of the relief workers opens up the back of the truck and starts throwing sacks of rice out to the people? The crowd goes crazy! They start pushing, people are getting knocked down, and sometimes fights break out? Why? Because these people are hungry and will do anything it takes to get food in them and totheir families.

 

As leaders we need to have that same hunger burning inside of us. We need to think of books, leadership audio CDs, and associating with the right people as the food that will satisfy our hunger. We need to believe in ourselves that once we get the right information in our heads we will have the power to make our lives and our family’s lives better. That, my friends, is the kind of hunger I am talking about!
You need to find out what is your motivation. There are three levels of motivation that I want to share:

 

 

Material Success

 
This is financial independence and material things. When we position ourselves as a leader we have the opportunityto make a lot of money. Many people get into network marketing, internet marketing, start their own business, investing, etc. because they want material success. They want to pay off their debt, they want to buy a new car, they want to buy a vacation home, they want to travel more, they want a Rolex, etc. So this is the first level of motivation. It’s wanting better things for yourself andyour family.

 
Recognition and Respect

 

Most people crave the recognition that others provide; apart of human nature is a deep need to be noticed and appreciated by others. It is not secret that everyone needs encouragement. For that reason, recognition by others is another healthy source of motivation.

 
Some people love to get rewards from their job, while others like to hear that they are doing a great job from their mentors. These and other forms of recognition canand should be used as motivations for performance.

 
Many people are motivated to obtain the respect of amentor, parent, teacher, boss, or spouse. Yearning for respect can be a strong motivator. So find those whom you admire, who are in a position in life you desire to be in, who are living their lives in a manner you wish to emulate, and strive to obtain their respect for what you are doing and accomplishing.

 
Purpose, Destiny, Legacy

 
The motivation factors that we have talked about so far are all great, but purpose takes us our of the realm of living only for ourselves and our own selfish desires, and onto a higher plane. Purpose involves sacrifice for the greater good, contribution for making a bigger difference, and energies directed at a long term view.

 

Destiny takes purpose further, comprehending the spiritual component. Destiny says that we were created, created for a purpose, and the unique abilities and opportunities that we find in our lives are God-given. Who you are, where you live, the talents you were born with, the opportunities that have and will come your way, are all part of a bigger picture, a picture into which you were painted to fulfill apart that only you can fulfill.

 
Legacy results from understanding our purpose in the bigger picture of our destiny and living it to its fullest. What we have and what we are given are not as important as what we contribute and what we leave behind. As one famous quote says, “My life is my message.”

 
Foundation Quality Number Two – Hone-able

 

Next we need to be hone-able which is another word for teachable. Leaders approach situation and challenges with a learner’s mind-set, that is, as a student and not as acritic. You have to come with an open mind and ready to learn. Everyone is not on the same plane so there are going to be people that have some leadership experience and know some principles, while others are brand new and want to get out of where they currently are.

 

 

So knowing that you haven’t “arrived” (HINT: No one ever arrives! We all can strive to do better that what weare currently doing now) and knowing that you want to improve will help you become a leader much faster than someone that constantly questions everything and is tough to work with. Leaders must approach learning with a positive, curious inquisitiveness, and never allow their responsibilities or setbacks to sour their dispositions.

 
Foundation Quality Number Three – Honorable

 
Author Jeff O’Leary, in The Centurion Principles, writes,”Honor, encompasses the virtues of integrity and honesty, self-denial, loyalty, and a servant’s humility to those in authority above as well as a just and merciful heart to those below.” In fact, honor is the force that holds a leader’s hunger in check. Without honor, hunger runs rampant and ultimately serves only selfish interests. Honor is the component that makes hunger productive for the leader’s fellow man.

 
This concept of honor is so important to a leader because people will follow a leader only as far as they feel they can trust him. People will not follow a leader they can’t trust.

 

He’s an example, if you work for a boss and your boss is coming into work late, going off for very long lunches, and getting caught in lies I am sure that you and your co-workers are not going to respect, follow, or trust him or her. But if your boss is honoring you with his or her actions, you will honor him or her by giving the respect he deserves.

 

 

Honor is, I believe, the most important of all three. The reason I believe this is because in order for the hunger and teaching to begin you need to get yourself right first. It has been said, “The internal victories precede the external victories.” Having honor means you are a standup person, you’re dependable, and people can trust you.

 
I would like to challenge you to do is to really think if you have the three foundational qualities that a leader needs to have in order to become an effective leader and what your motivating factor(s) are. And if you don’t have these three qualities sit down and write out a plan on what steps you need to take in order for you to get there becuase once start thinking with this kind of mindset you will see positive changes in your personal life and professional life.

 
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Today I want to give you an acrostic of the word LEAD

June 27th, 2009 by Michael Feil

In order for you to be successful with your home based business you will need to be a leader. So today let’s break the word LEAD down into an acrostic that help us see more of what really is a leader.

 

L – Leaders are LEARNERS. In order for you to get better at what you do whether its sports or making money you need to learn how to do it right. With the leadership development system that I teach, people are constantly learning by reading books from some of the great authors that promote leadership such as Robert Kiyosaki, Steven Covey, John Maxwell, Chris Brady, Orrin Woodward, and the list goes on. They are also learning from the audio CDs that they get each week talking about leadership skills, financial management, time management, relationship skills, etc. Videos that come out monthly on the above topics, and monthly leadership seminars that are accessible all over the USA and Canada. When you understand that in order for you to be successful you need to spend some quality time learning first, you are half way there.

 

E – Leaders are EMOTIONALLY in control. We as leaders need to let our logic lead and not our emotions. If you are ever let your emotions lead you, I am sure you can tell me some good stories about the roads you really didn’t want to go down after looking back and seeing where you’ve been. If we want the best out of life we need to first logically decide where we are headed and how we are going to get there. Leaders don’t do things on a whim. They check their emotions and logically plan. Make sure you’re in control of your emotions.

 

A – Leaders must APPRECIATE where they are. If you appreciate where you are in your life’s journey you will stand out more and people will be more attracted to you. Who wants to have a leader that is not appreciative? Who wants to have a leader who is miserable and is always in a bad mood? This kind of “leader” obviously does not appreciate where they are. As a leader, I very much appreciate where I am because I am surrounded by good people who want to do better for themselves, make more money, get out of debt, spend more time with their family, and be their own boss. I inspire people but seeing people change for the better inspires me.

 
D – Leaders are OK with DELAYING. Have you ever heard of delay gratification? Well, leaders are the best at practicing delayed gratification. Think about the Network Marketer. It takes time to build his / her business. In the beginning they put a lot of work into their business and work very hard, but once they get things going they are starting to make a very good income. That income didn’t start right away. It took time for it to build up. They were delaying their income because they knew if they put in the time in the beginning the gratification (lucrative income) would come later.

 

The future is yours….claim it today!!

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