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

 

 

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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