LEADERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE

True leadership is needed now more than ever. 
Leadership begins with the willingness to pay the price.

Are you a leader?

Would you like to consider yourself one?

Leaders must first and foremost successfully and productively lead their own life.

 

To lead others or to lead a business,
you must first and foremost successfully
and productively lead your own life.

Leadership is the hardest job there is or ever will be. Just notice the physical wear and tear that any U.S. president experiences during the course of their term.

There are a multitude of qualities and characteristics of true leaders; and these are discussed in great detail in my upcoming book Redemption, The Price of Leadership in Both Life and Business but for today, let’s just explore one of the many prices to be paid for acquiring true leadership.

And let me promise you this: if you can’t lead your own life, your own finances, your own fitness and health, your own mental and emotional mastery, you’ll never be granted leadership on a grander scale.

If you can’t lead your own life financially,
relationally, mentally, physically and spiritually,
how can you be entrusted to successfully lead anything else?

You might say to me, “But James, look at the leaders of our country, look at the leaders of congress and politics, look at industry leaders, are you telling me that THEY have these qualities you mention?

No.

Many of them are the antithesis of these qualities; and they’re not the true leaders we’re discussing here.

These are the “leaders” in vast need of Redemption.

Please don’t confuse true leadership with title or “positional power.”

Please don’t confuse leadership with popularity or number of followers.

The differences between these qualities and true leadership are legion. 

While some true leaders may have these qualities, their leadership is not defined in this manner.

Suffice to say that a title or position, popularity or followers, don’t make you a leader.

The true leader of the future, and the leader so desperately needed in our world, is equal parts Warrior, Leader, and Sage.

I’ll be discussing these three qualities much more in the future in my weekly live-cast Leadership for the Future.

But for now, make a decision, a true decision that you’re going to become a true leader. Not a paper or positional or popular “leader” but a true leader.

The decision to become a true leader throws down the gauntlet.
You’ve stepped into the arena. You’re entire life is on the line.
The consequences are high; and there’s no turning back. 

Regardless of your position or title, and regardless of whether anyone else acknowledges you is completely irrelevant.

Leadership starts by developing your inner Warrior.

Business is for Warriors and Gladiators. Period.

The battle to break free from your socialized programming
and follow the path of greatness is the greatest
battle the leader will ever face. 
It’s a battle that never ends.

Walk your own path.

Follow your own purpose.

Know and live your own highest values and virtues.

This is much easier said than done, for many think they’re living this way, and they’re not really even thinking at all.

Most people think they’re thinking
but they’re not really thinking.
They’re playing re-runs
of their conditioning over and over.

When you’re masterful and faithful with a little you’ll be blessed with a lot.

It starts in your own backyard.

Stay Awake, Love Life, and Be Epic!

James