Leadership Declaration #3: When it comes to sheer effort, I will push myself to the limits.
In my younger, less mature days I put it this way, “I will work harder than anybody.” Later, with a bit more seasoning, I learned to compete with myself, not with those around me. I have now learned to say, “I will continually strive to exert maximum effort in all I do.” As I told this young leader, “There will be many reasons some plans don’t work out. Don’t let lack of sustained effort be one of them.”
Declarations Can Make a Difference
Well, these are the declarations I made early on that had the greatest impact in my own leadership. These might not be yours, but let me urge you to take the time to clarify your own leadership declarations. Because where’s there’s clarity, there’s forward movement.
