Yesterday while my step-dad was in the Dr’s Office I sat in my van and listened to a CD I recently received.
My van is my mobile University. Let me share with you my thoughts…
Leadership Is All About Replacing Yourself
There is a huge shortage of leaders in the world…
both in the private sector
http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2008/02/18/daily13.html
and the non-profit sector
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/buggs/4714442.html
In light of that you can make a difference; by setting yourself up as
a leader now. Today!
If you have not yet put one person on your team you’re still a leader. How can I say that? You decided to take charge of your life
and do something about it by starting your home-based business.
Leadership is a journey and a journey worth taking!
What can you do today to begin your journey?
Find a running buddy. One who you feel comfortable with but will also challenge you. The feelings should be mutual. Do you have a team-mate you connect with? Begin a dialog together and make plans together.
For example, you’re going to make 20 phones call a night and be accountable to your running buddy.
You’re going to post 3 video’s a week and be accountable to your running buddy.
You’re going to take 30 minutes a week and visit the social networking sites and make 10 new friends; comment on their video’s or their blogs and be accountable to your running buddy.
Now you can’t be a softy with your running buddy…this is a no excuses relationship. Share your plans with them for the week and vice versa…if they come up with excuses…don’t say it’s o.k. we’ll start again next week. There is an accountability here and that brings results.
A leader does what needs to be done with you telling them that it needs to be done!
Are you afraid of failure? Get over it.
Do you know a baby will fall an average of 999 times before they learn to walk?
Imagine if they never got back up again! We’d have a world of adults still crawling around on their knees…
But wait…do you still crawl on your knees when it comes to your business? Or have you taken charge and become accountable and are you running the marathon?
Or are you still taking baby steps after weeks or months?
Do you have to ask:
What is the team site?
What night’s are the trainings?
How do I log in to my site?
What is the phone # to the home office?
Do you have the same tools that your team leader has?
A team site? A team co-op?
What do you have to do to qualify? Ask them.
Team Trainings? In most cases the answer to the above would be a YES!
The reason some are still taking baby steps is not that they haven’t been given the tools.
It’s because they are afraid to fail…and we all know what FEAR is!
False Evidence Appearing Real
So you make a mistake…it’s O.K. So get up and make your first mistake today and move on. If you make another one as long as it’s not the same as the first you’re learning.
I am on a constant journey to find what works in my business. Does it mean that I flit from one thing to another?
No, it means that I am willing to do whatever it takes to find what works. And most of the time what works is NOT any one process it’s a series of processes worked together.
There are leaders that swear by:
cold calling
buying leads
Web 2.0 social networking
article marketing
blogs
opportunity meetings
passing out fliers
offline social events
offline advertising
online advertising
warm market contacts
I say do a combination of the above and don’t just try it ONE or TWO times and say o.k. that didn’t work!
I incorporate a number of the above in my weekly (NOT weakly) activities.
If you get anything from this I hope you’re hearing this:
Stop taking baby steps! Run the marathon!
The journey is well worth it.
We all need help to build our leadership skills!
