Why do you want to become a better leader? What is it that motivates you?
Avoid the the temptation to work hard to impress your boss, your mentor, your family, or ‘your people’.
Develop your leadership for you… because you expect more and better from yourself. Develop it for a cause. Save lives. Help people. Grow something good. Have purpose.
‘Approval’ is fickle and moody, and it is never quite as much in your grasp as you want it to be.
Every developing leader has someone they would really like to please and succeed for. Unfortunately, it will be a hard day when you come to realize that you should have been seeking a more lasting seal of approval.
Excellent point. Sometimes I think you write this stuff simply to point out all of the flaws in my leadership.
Landon – hopefully you will begin to see that I try to write things that most all developing young leaders struggle with… not just you. In fact, I can tell you for certain that I had another specific leader in mind when I wrote this one.
I get it – just ironic how I always feel naked when I read your posts as if you are completely revealing my struggles and inadequacies.