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Leaders think differently…..

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I believe that great thinking and great leadership go hand-in-hand. Leaders think differently….

  • Leaders think differently about themselves.
  • Leaders think differently about others.
  • Leaders think differently about what’s possible.
  • Leaders think differently about life.

Leaders think differently, and that’s what distinguishes them from followers! Your thinking creates your beliefs, your beliefs results a leadership philosophy, which results in leadership attitudes, your attitude, shapes your perceptions and your perceptions guide your actions. It all begins with your thinking….!

 

Since thinking is so important to developing your leadership…… Do you have a space and a place to think?

 

Mark Sanborn makes these great suggestions on thinking….

Thinking is much harder to do without enough space and a good place to do it.

“Space” is about interrupting your typical schedule to think instead of letting it interrupt your thinking. Nobody has time for the important stuff; we make the time needed for the important stuff. Otherwise the unimportant fills up our days. It is the nature of the world we live in.

 

“Place” is important, too. You can think anywhere, but to think better thoughts find better places to think. I love mountains and I love the ocean, so I tend to do my best thinking in one of those places. More often than not I’m at Starbucks down the street from the office doing my thinking, but when I get the chance, I take advantage of inspiring places to think.

 

Make some space. Find a good place. Then think.

 

So, before 2008 over-runs your schedule….. make some space to think….

 

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6 Responses to “Leaders think differently…..”

  1. Mark Sanborn on January 20th, 2008 17:31

    Your blog is an excellent resource, George. Thanks for the nice mention.

    Best always,
    Mark

  2. Julia Borsos on January 21st, 2008 14:09

    The way you explain leadership is really clean, simple and effective. I agree about having your own space where you can think without interruption.
    I really like your blog - would you like to link to each other under “Blogs I Read?”

  3. Mind Dump 01-21-08 « Now! Leadership! on January 21st, 2008 19:18

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  4. Karl Edwards on January 22nd, 2008 16:37

    Thanks for the insights on space and place in thinking differently. I also think about how I need the courage to think differently. Being different can be an isolating experience. Few “get us.” Where do we get the encouragement and spirit to believe in ourselves, when much of the feedback is either negative or mystified?

  5. Jonathan Frye at Leadership Jot on January 23rd, 2008 19:52

    George,

    Great thoughts on thinking. I wholeheartedly agree that leaders think differently. I’ve been writing about failure on my blog (about leadership) and one critical point is that leaders respond differently to failures - in significant part because they think differently about failures.

    Regards,
    Jonathan Frye

  6. Dendron Poernama on February 5th, 2008 6:53

    Great insights! Having the time, space and place to think does affect the result that you are aiming for. What makes a great leader is to be able to organize all of these and find an optimize solution from it. I also believe that persistence has a role in it too.

    Cheers!

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