If you were to use one word to describe a great leader what would it be? I’d love for you to place it in the comment box below. It would be fun to see just how you would describe the person you most value as a great leader.
Would you use words like Genuine? Humble? Forgiving? Healer?
In review of Jim Rohn and Chris Widener’s book ‘Twelve Pillars‘ there are some fundamental factors that are timeless in all of leadership. The most important one is that learning to lead yourself is a must.
Success Pillar Eleven:
The World Can Always Use One More Great Leader
Many people fear becoming a leader because they’ve known someone who is brash and arrogant, and yet still lead, so this view of leadership isn’t appealing based on the example. What I find is that those brash leaders are the people who get the most attention, like the misbehaving child, because of the negative behavior. I believe these people to be in the minority of great leadership, but like a child who has not yet learned to lead with wisdom and patience, they will be held accountable at one point or another.
The word I will use today for the leader I am about to highlight is “Fruitful”.
Alex Mandossian is teaching thousands of people how to create a life for themselves, doing what they love on line, with a goal of assisting them in changing their personal economy during an economic recession. From my perspective, Alex genuinely cares about people and their well being and the fruits of his labor shows.
With all of his success, Alex no longer needs the money but he teaches what he loves because he believes in his vision, or purpose, which is to help create joy by boosting someone else’s personal economy. There will be people who will judge his motives, and claim he is doing it out of greed or pride, but until we know how to look beyond our own limiting, and judgmental beliefs through his heart-centered teachings, that is exactly what people will think.
I was one of those people who judged Alex in the beginning. I had my own limiting beliefs about sales, money and all sorts of judgments against people who understood it and used it to help others on a large scale rather than played small.
Alex Mandossian understands his own VPA BluPrint to Success and lives it out by example.
Like Alex, the fruits of your labor must be evident, and you must recognize the Source by which you acquire all great things. When you learn to help others from your heart, with a proper motivation of servitude, gratitude and love, the fruits of your labor will be self evident. The money will come as a side benefit to this choice.
“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain
Another VPA quality to a great leader is forgiveness. Over time great leaders learn to forgive themselves for past failures, as well as forgive others who may have hurt them. They accept the path they are on with patience and perseverance, and within a few years in awe of the Vision, Power and Action they allowed to flow through them, they succeed.
Here is a wonderful way to think about how men and women become great in their time.
Observe the blossoms of a fruit tree that’s bearing fruit. The blossoms fall off before the fruit pours forth. So it is with leadership. Part of you must die to selfish ways so your fruits can burst forth to be shared with anyone and everyone who wants it.
If this makes sense to you then you probably understand how the law of attraction works.
Others are attracted to you when you have blossomed and your fruit reveals itself. Another way to consider this comes from scriptural writings where Jesus says,
We will recognize good people by their fruit, bad trees cannot bear good fruit, but good trees do.
So I hope you determine what your VPA is as you write down your values. Take time to forgive, time to love and live according to your calling or Vision, your internal Power and by taking Action in tremendous ways.
Don’t forget to place your ‘one word’ for great leadership in the comment box below and I’d be delighted to know you shared this post with others through facebook or twitter. I so appreciate you!
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Kellie,
I’m glad you’ve had a chance to return from your other endeavors.
Forgiveness is such a healing and healthy process. Love your quote about having to lose your selfish ways to bear the fruit of your work. That really resonated with me.
Only one quality for leadership? That’s a challenge in itself! My word would be open communication. Without this, no forward movement will ever happen.
Wonderful words to hear tonight,
Val
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Kellie Reply:
September 10th, 2010 at 6:43 am
I look so forward to working with you tomorrow and sharing more ideas. Thank you for commenting and yes, it’s tough to assign only one quality for great leaders. If I were to assign one word to you it would be ‘giftededucator’. Oh…bummer, it looks like I mis-spelled it.
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