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How to Become an Ideal Leader
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Are you a leader
When you are at work, do you get frustrated because things don’t seem to be happening the way they’re supposed to be? You see people milling around but nothing gets accomplished. And in the daily hustle and bustle, do you feel that your goals remain just that – goals. Then maybe its time for you to stand up and do something about it.
Most people are content just to stand around listening for orders. And it isn’t unusual to adopt a follow-the-leader mentality. But maybe, somewhere inside of you, you feel the desire to make things happen – to be the head, not the tail. Then maybe leadership just suits you fine.
Some people believe that great leaders are made, not born. Yes, it may be true that some people are born with natural talents. However, without practice, without drive, without enthusiasm, and without experience, there can be no true development in leadership.
You must also remember that good leaders are continually working and studying to improve their natural skills. This takes a commitment to constantly improve in whatever endeavor a person chooses.
First of all, let’s define leadership. To be a leader, one must be able to influence others to accomplish a goal, or an objective. He contributes to the organization and cohesion of a group.
Contrary to what most people believe, leadership is not about power. It is not about harassing people or driving them using fear. It is about encouraging others towards the goal of the organization. It is putting everyone on the same page and helping them see the big picture of the organization. You must be a leader not a boss.
First of all, you have to get people to follow you. How is this accomplished?
People follow others when they see a clear sense of purpose. People will only follow you if they see that you know where you are going. Remember that bumper sticker? The one that says, don’t follow me, I’m lost too? The same holds true for leadership. If you yourself do not know where you’re headed to, chances are people will not follow you at all.
Is it Really Worth it All, Just to Be Under Valued Again?
Posted by: | CommentsWith all the bad news about the state of the economy with people losing their very own shirt off their back makes you wander, Why keep putting your self and your family in the same spot that you here about every night on the news?
It seems people are starting to wake up and understand that the good ole job market (Corporate America) is not like it use to be, and it is never coming back! Between 8 to 11 seconds someone is starting their own home based business. But the sad part 98% will not find success in their new found business leaving back to the useless job market. I mean what is a job (Just Over Broke), and 98% will go back and make claims like, all that business was a scam, or it was just a ponzi scheme.
Well the real truth is that 98% of those did not have what the 2% had, that was passion, drive and the will to be coach able by some one that has gone through it all ready. This is one of the greatest lesson I have learned, was you don’t have to do it alone. In fact I will advice you to do you due diligence and to find, first the right service or product to get in. You should have a passion for this business or else there will be a good chance you will be one of the 98% that fail.
OK great you found something that you are all fired up about, now it is time to start to use your computer to look around at the different opportunities that is right for you! Find yourself a very proactive team if you can, and then find a mentor out of that team. Someone that is willing to at least have weekly meetings with you to help you through the learning curve. Teaching you such strategies like attraction marketing, personal branding, etc, etc.
Once you have things in place people will be calling you, not you calling your family and friends to make a sell off them. You see this is really not about selling people, people don’t like being sold. This business is about helping others, once you start to understand and apply these strategies that you will learn from your team and mentor, it is all down hill or should I say downline!
Former homebuilder Robert Mergupis has made that transition into marketing on-line with the elite marketers of today. He has learned through his own pitfalls and other leaders with their unique techniques that help elevated him as an expert business developer, author, mentor, coach and leader in the network marketing industry!
Robert loves to pay it forward and share what he has learn for the new people that is just starting out. He explains that you must have a blueprint and if you don’t you set yourself up to fail!
Home Business Coaching – Excellent Example of 9 Hour Work Week Schedule For New Home Based Business
As a home based business coach, I’m often presented with the same three challenges for online home based business owners. I felt it important enough to write about this in hopes it makes a difference to others.
Here are the three common challenges:
1) Staying focused on the task at hand. Too many distractions; specifically email.
2) Fitting time into their already busy day to work on their business
3) Feeling overwhelmed – too many things to do which leads to doing nothing.
By reading this article, you will have real bite-sized steps that you can take to organize yourself so you can easily and systematically keep moving forward in your business without the feeling of overwhelm, stress and frustration and the feelings and emotions that go along with those. As you become a home business mentor, you can recommend this same schedule for your new business partners.
I’ve put together a sample schedule based on a 9 hour part-time work week that I use in my home business coaching program. As you become better skilled in drafting your content and posting it online, you will be able to do this same work in about 7-8 hours a week.
Keep in mind, if your budget permits, you can outsource pretty much all of this. However, having mentioned outsourcing, I always recommend you do your own videos. You can outsource the editing and posting of your videos, but let people hear and see you on a regular basis. It’s your face, your voice, and your authentic self that your prospects will be building a relationship with.
Also keep in mind as you read this article, these are money generating activities. Your daily personal development, shuffling papers, organizing your desk, learning skill sets, participating in seminars, webinars, etc., is NOT included in this schedule. Those kinds of activities do not replace your job income, nor, your goals.
I’m also taking into consideration that you are utilizing your lunch break to write your articles. If you do not have the ability to write your articles during your lunch breaks at work, you will have to add that in your schedule perhaps bringing your weekly part time hours to 10-13 hours a week following the full time job/career you already do.
Or, here again, based on your budget, you may want to provide your keywords to an article writer and let him/her do it. They can also rewrite the spins on your articles.
