Daily Reader

Tuesday Feb 10th

The Position Myth

If I had to identify the number one misconception people have about leadership, it would be the belief that leadership comes simply from having a position or title. But nothing could be further from the truth. You don't need t possess a position at the top of your group, department, division, or organization in order to lead. If you think you do, then you have bought into the position myth.
A place at the top will not automatically make anyone a leader. The Law of Influence in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership states it clearly: "The true measure of leadership is influence-nothing more, nothing less."
Because I have led volunteer organizations most of my life, I have watched many people become tied up by the position myth. When people who buy into this myth are identified as potential leaders and put on a team, they are very uncomfortable if they have not been given some kind of title or position that labels them as leaders in the eyes of other team members. Instead of working to build relationships with others on the team and to gain influence naturally, they wait for the positional leader to invest them with authority and give them a title. After a while, they become more and more unhappy, until they finally decide to try another team, another leader, or another organization.

-The 360 degree leader

INSTEAD OF RELYING ON POSITION OR TITLE,
USE ONLY RELATIONAL INFLUENCE WITH OTHERS TODAY.

John C. Maxwell wrote this in his book The Maxwell Daily Reader. Every single word of it, I did not change anything, again John C. Maxwell is the author.

slowing down

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crazy crazy weather today

The weather here in OK is just like spring! We have had tornados, thats right tornados!! On was about 2 miles from my house, my phones were going off like crazy!!! The sirens have been going off about every 15-20 minutes. My house is right on the line of 2 cities, so I had both sirens going off! The schools are on lock down, the kids cant even go home, and parents can not pick their children up, it is 30 minutes past time for school to let out. I would be going crazy if my children were in te school during a tornado/after a tornado and I could not get them! My granddad used to tell me that if you dont like the weather just wait 5 minutes and it will change because we live if Oklahoma, boy was he right!!
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Daily Reader

February 9th 2009

Take An Interest In People

This may sound too simple, but it really all starts here. You have to show people that you care about them by taking an interest in them. Many Leaders are so action oriented and agenda driven that they don't make people a high enough priority. If that describes you, then you need to turn that around.

I don't mean to sound crass, but it helps if you like people. If you're not a people person, that may be the first step you need to take. Look for value in every person. Put yourself in others' shoes. Find reasons to like them. You won't take an interest in people if deep down you care nothing about them. And if you care nothing about them, that flaw will always be a hindrance to your ability to lead people.

If this is an area of challenge for you, then you may want to take a look at 25 Ways to Win with People: How to Make Others Feel Like a Million Bucks, which I coauthored with Les Parrott; or read the classic How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. However you go about developing people skill, just remember that people always move toward someone who increases them and away from anyone who decreases them.

-The 360 degree Leader



TAKE INTEREST IN OTHERS BEFORE

THEY TAKE INTEREST IN YOU.



This is word for word straight from the book The Maxwell Daily Reader by John C. Maxwell!

Have a great day!!

Daily Reader

I had the honor of seeing Dr. John C Maxwell speak today. He was the guest speaker at my church. To sum it up in a word that would be AWESOME!!! I bought a couple of his books today and one of them is called The Maxwell Daily Reader, 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You. So I have decided that every day I will post the daily "Insight"
February 8th 2009
The Law Of Sacrifice

If you desire to become the best leader you can be, then you need to be willing to make sacrifices in order to lead well. If that i your desire, then here are some thinkgs you need to know:
1.) There Is NO Success Without Sacrifice: Leaders must give up to go up. Talk to leaders, and you will find that they have made repeated sacrifices. Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best.
2.) Leaders Are Often Asked To Give Up More Than Others: The heart of leadership is putting others ahead of yourself. It's doing what is best for the team. For that reason, I believe that leaders have to give up their rights.
3.) You Must Give Up To Stay Up: If leaders have to give up to go up, then they have to give up even ore to stay up. What gets a team to the top isn't what keeps them there. The only way to stay up is to give up even more.
4.)The Higher the Level of Leadership, the Freater the Sacrifice: The higher you go, the more it's going to cost you. And it doesn't matter what kind of leadership career you pick. You will have to make sacrifices. You will have to give up to go up.
-The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE UP TO GO UP??
Again I want to say this is written by Dr. John C. Maxwell. This has come directly from his book!!
Has anyone else had the honor to hear Dr John C Maxwell speak? If you have not and he is in your neighborhood I highly recommend you going!!
I hope you enjoyed todays Daily Reader and I will post February 9th's tomorrow morning!!
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