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"Have you defined what success means for you and for your life? Unless you have thought through the answer to that question, you are at risk of letting others define success for you or trying to keep up with their definitions of success. Only when you can define what is most important in your life can you set the right priorities for your life and become an integrated leader" – Bill George with Peter Sims, True North
Effective leadership requires that we have a clear picture of success. Every morning we’re faced with a myriad of things to do, each one competing for our attention. When we have a ton of things on our to do list, we very quickly loose perspective. And without perspective leaders quickly become ineffective. Unless leaders have a clear picture of success, they have no way of deciding between one task and the next. Without a clear focus, our to do lists overwhelm us, creating a passive response to life and knee-jerk reactions to everyday events.
A clear picture of success and big picture goals help leaders maintain their perspective, keeping their focus on doing the right things, rising above the distraction of the everyday events. Our big picture of success, keeps the focus on what our life is about and what we want it to be. To help shape your vision of success, consider the following questions…..
- What is the "it" that you want? What is the it: Spiritually, Financially, Physically, Family, Mentally, Socially and in your Work?
- What will it look like when you have it?
- What will you be doing behaviourally when you have it?
- Who are you doing it with?
- Where will you be doing it?
- How will your life be different from the way it is now when you have it?
- What aspects of your life do you have to overcome or change in order to get it?
- What must you do to have it?
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It’s a common mistakes for most of us to define our success based on other’s definitions because we all have different beliefs.
True. We don’t have to wait for that moment to come. It’s our own responsibility to define success. Letting others do it will only force us to change.
There is a proverb which states that a good man will leave an inheritance to his children’s children. I have defined my success to be that. I have always told my 4 children that every ounce of knowledge and wisdom I have also belongs to them and it is there for the taking. If I can know that when I get old and gray that they know all that I know and that they know me, then I will have been a success in my life. I have no desire to be famous or to have a worldwide reputation, I just want to be the best father, husband and son I could have been. If you can lead your children into their destiny, then you are a success.