In September I was spending a lot of time on the road driving and was able to finish Chris Widener's audio set Extraordinary Leaders. If you are looking to refine your leadership skills or need help defining your philosophy this is the set for you.
Widener's definition of Leadership is having influence on others. His philosophy is that effective leadership is based on character and skill. People choose to follow leaders based on their character traits and skill set. I will go into more detail about those on a later blog. He starts the CD set out with the 10 commandments below and I think the are a great reminder for those that lead.
- People are illogical, unreasonable and self-centered (including me). Love them anyway.
- If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
- If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
- The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
- Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
- The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the littlest people with the littlest ideas. Think big anyway.
- People favor underdogs, but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway.
- What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
- People really need help, but may attack you if you do help them. Help them anyway.
- Give the world the best you have and you will get kicked in the teeth. Give the best you have anyway.
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