Learn to think smart.
Successful leaders tend to share habits of thought that set them apart. While these patterns have many elements, they’re grounded in an understanding of the power of thought. Everything we think, like everything we do, has consequences. Positive thoughts grow into positive attitudes that in turn grow into positive outcomes–and negative thoughts do the same in the other direction. As the saying goes, we become what we think.
Successful leaders understand this principle well, and they express it in specific highly disciplined ways. Here are some examples:
Follow your instincts
Instead of thinking only of themselves, they include others.
While most people express their hopes and aspirations in terms like “I hope I get” or “I want to do,” successful leaders understand that it’s we before I and us before me. Their team, the people they lead, are at the forefront.
Instead of dwelling on problems, they focus on solutions.
Problems are real, and they warrant our attention, but they don’t go away without solutions. Knowing things aren’t working is a good first step but nothing more. Great leaders understand that focusing on problems brings more problems but focusing on solutions opens up opportunities.
- Value your time
- Take time off
- Never stop learning
- Experience is overvalued
- Be courageous
It’s easy to get wrapped up in details and spiral into excessive complication. Great leaders, on the other hand, have the ability to eliminate the unnecessary so they can focus on the heart of the issue. It’s an approach that lets them solve problems quickly and effectively.
“Instead of trying to determine who is right, they think in terms of what is right.”
Fear of success and fear of failure are both attitudes that can keep you thinking small. Successful leaders understand if you think small, you’ll stay small, and that’s the worst kind of failure. They don’t let their fears dissuade them from thinking big.
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