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4. Work to improve difficult situations, even when they are not your responsibility.
“Send Superman to the unemployment line. Get moving and do something!”
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3. Consider the future implications of your actions.
“Successful leaders know how each scene contributes to the film’s good end. They don’t see just one scene; they watch the whole movie to the end.”
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8. Stop telling self-aggrandizing stories; practice humility instead.
“Successful leaders fail just like everyone else. But it’s the way they handle their failure and imperfections that sets them apart.”
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9 Things a Leader Must Do
Successful leaders share 9 behavior patterns:
1. Identify your hidden desires, dreams and potential
2. Reject negativity. Direct your energy to actions that trigger hope
3. Consi...
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2. Don’t accept negativity. Direct your energy toward actions that trigger hope.
Successful leaders overcome aspects of their lives that make them feel negative, which can include those that are:
- “Physical” – Clutter, junk and an overflowing email inbox have a deleterious impact on your environment.
- “Relational” – Beware of...
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Successful leaders share nine behavior patterns you can learn and apply.
“My firm belief is that once you learn this pattern, your life and the lives of those you lead will never be the same.”
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5. Achieve your biggest dreams through a series of incremental steps.
“All success is built and sustained just like a building is built, one brick at a time.”
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6. What you hate shapes your character as a leader, so choose wisely.
“What we hate says a lot about who we are, what we value, what we care about. And how we hate says much about how we will succeed in business and life.”
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7. Forget fairness; give back more than you receive.
“People who succeed in leadership and life do not go around settling scores. They do not even keep score.”
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9. Don’t let your fear of others’ reactions control you.
“To be a successful leader, you may not keep everyone around you happy. In fact, if you are successful in any arena of life, you are guaranteed to tick some people off!”
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1. Identify your hidden desires, dreams and potential.
Successful leaders don’t take careless risks; they take risks thoughtfully, diligently and cautiously
- Pay attention to what bothers you – Your inner voice might be telling you something.
- Overcome negativity
- Don’t ignore persiste...
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