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How to Push Yourself to Lead

8 May 2009 One Comment

You might have heard this many times- No One is born Leader. These are the traits you develop from the day you start to roll in this world. Deep inside everyone there is a potent potential that gets subdued in crispy maze of this fanatic world. We follow the norms and accept the fallacies making them the way of our life. Confrontation is always expensive and it is always comfortable to follow what others preach. The risk is always a costly proposition while the fruits of rewards taste so sweet.

Our growth is all about the choices we make. The path to follow is much simpler than the path to lead. And like everyone we choose the solution that suits our appetite, the solution that gives us a comfort, the solution to follow. The inner instinct to lead makes a compromise everyday waiting to die a natural death. But there is a hope to Lead and change the world and this post is all about the pointers on how you can Push Yourself to lead

The basic human mind

1)    Live in comfort

2)    Stays away from confrontation

3)    Avoids Conflict

How to Lead

How to Lead

It always chose a path

1)    That others show

2)    Is comfortable to follow

3)    Give expected results

But it lacks

1)    Conviction

2)    Self-Belief

3)    Hunger

 

You may know all this but still you always don’t lead but follow. You Stink. And You Know why?

1)    Not because you don’t know what is right

2)    Not because you don’t know how to lead

3)    Not because you don’t know what are nuisances

 

But Because

1)    You Fear of being alone

2)    You fear of being rejected

3)    You fear of being a failure

How many times you have

1)    Taken the first step

2)    Refused to confirm with the ordinary

3)    Selected your own path

 

Never, Never, Never

 

And this the reason –You follow and not Lead

The Great Leaders

1)    Believe in themselves

2)    Follow their conviction

3)    Take the unchartered path

 

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They Failà No one knows them

They Win à Everyone Worship them

Regardless Win or Loss, they get the kick of their life. The joy of being different, the joy of self-respect, the joy of comfort from the unique experience of life.

To Lead you need special traits, The ones which are different. To Lead you need to

1)    See the Bigger Picture

2)    Conceive you idea or opinion

3)    See the depth of it

4)    Believe in yourself

5)    Take the first step

6)    Face the good and bad of it

7)    Make the difference

And Yes, Don’t Worry about Followers

They are Followers, They would follow you eventually

 

Try, It. You have Only One Life.

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  • Tania said:

    Hi, Where are you from? Is it a secret? :)

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