Are you a leader or do you just “play one on tv?” Here’s a quick way to tell the difference!

Real Leader:

• You take ACTION to help others
• You inspire others by telling your “story”
• You set BIG goals and keep working until you get them
• You take weekly (if not daily) actions to LEARN more about leading
• You take your RESPONSIBILITY to help others and improve your community seriously

“I just play one on TV” Leader:

• You wear the “cloths” of a leader but don’t do the WORK
• You talk the talk but don’t walk the walk of a leader
• You don’t mind leading when it’s easy but you’re the first to bail when it gets hard
• You’re not interested in improving yourself as much as you’re interested in people thinking your cool

So which are you??

There are two main parts of leadership.

Leading by example. 

You can’t be a leaders unless you step up and do the things your talking about. If you don’t walk the walk no one will care that you talk the talk. You need to represent what your trying to lead. You need to become the change your looking for.

When it comes to leading by example I’d give myself an A, maybe an A-. I try to eat the way I want my students to eat. I’m trying to work out the way I want my student to work out. I read, I learn, I help. I’d give myself a pretty good grade on this aspect of leadership.

Getting things done through the effort of others.

The second part of leadership is getting things done through the effort of others. Leaders have to inspire others to action. Martin Luther King Jr. wouldn’t have been a fraction of the leader he was if he didn’t mobilize thousands of people to action. You can only get so far as a leader with examples, eventually you need to get people behind you to make a difference, to follow. At this aspect of leadership I give myself a C-.

So my mission is to keep leading by example but now to step up as a leaders and do the harder part, inspiring others with a vision and have them help GET THINGS DONE!