12 Maxims of leadership. (MUST READ for good leadership tips)

[the FALLEN 42]

When I was still in high school, I was heavily involved in several programs in which I ended up in leadership positions. One of these programs was the YMCA Model United Nations. The man who ran it was an amazing leader, and my first year as an officer he taught me so much. One of the things he shared with us were leadership maxims. Maxim is defined as follows: from the Latin word maximus, greatest: a great sentence, proposition or truth. For every maxim, there is a principle for application. I thought I might share these here as they have helped guide me in becoming the leader, and man, that I am today. I will post them verbatim with a little KSI-centric explanation, if necessary, afterwards.

 

1: "Character is what a man is in the dark."-DL Moody

Action: Walk with integrity.

KSI: Conduct yourself with integrity even if no one is watching.

 

2: Expose yourself to other people who have been successful and bounce your ideas off people who have been where you want to go.

Action: Speak with alumni and other officers.

KSI: Talk with people who have been or are where you want to be in this organization. Never be afraid to try and learn.

 

3: You catch more fish with nets than with poles.

Action: Work as a team.

KSI: Pretty self explanatory. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. We're all working towards a common goal.

 

4: If you sweat in preparation, you will not bleed in battle.

Action: Be prepared, review information, and practice procedure.

KSI: Be prepared for anything. If you're in a leadership position, you may be called upon to make difficult decisions. It is better to know a lot and need a little than need a lot and know a little.

 

5: "He who chases two rabbits, catches neither."-Confuscious

Action: Keep your focus.

KSI: We always have a million things going on, if you want more responsibility, great! Just make sure you can handle everything on your plate. There's nothing worse than overextending yourself and then having multiple areas suffer because of it.

 

6: "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is the extra."-Blane Bartel

"Someone who has never failed is someone who will never truly succeed."-Blane Bartel

Action: Push for excellence.

KSI: This one is two fold. Try to be the best you that you can be, and don't be afraid of mistakes. Everyone makes them sometimes, we're all only human.

 

7: "We overestimate what we can do in a day, we underestimate what we can do in a decade."-Anthony Robbins

Action: Work daily for long term goals.

KSI: Rome wasn't built in a day. If you're working on getting a HH team up and running, or forming a new concept entirely, put some effort in everyday and eventually you will get there.

 

8: "Discipline is doing what you don't want to do, so you can do what you really want to do."-John Maxwell

Action: Prioritize your tasks.

KSI: Sometimes we have to do things we don't like. But in the long term, chances are it will enable you in some way, shape or form to become a better leader and do better things in the future.

 

9: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."-Albert Einstein

"To improve is to change. To be perfect is to have changed often."-Winston Churchill.

Action: Change, we cannot repeat the same mistakes.

KSI: Again, mistakes do happen. But if they happen once, there should be no reason for them to happen again. Live and learn.

 

10: "Analyze carefully the risk vs reward equation before taking the step."-Blaine Bartel

Action: Make decisions carefully.

KSI: Again, this one kind of explains itself. When attempting something new or that you haven't done before, make sure that if it doesn't pay off, no serious harm is done.

 

11: People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Action: Have compassion and identify your coaching opportunities.

KSI: When dealing with a crisis of any magnitude, try to put yourself into the other persons shoes. If you can, without being condescending, turn it into a teaching moment, go ahead and do so.

 

12: "Find out what you're not good at, and don't do it."-Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's.

Action: Use your best skills, and let others do the same thing.

KSI: Let's say you need members, but are an awful recruiter, but a wonderful trainer. But you know a great recruiter who can't train. Team up, have them recruit and you do the training. There are so many members in this wonderful community that there is always a way to make it work.

 

 

Credit goes to KSI Hurikane

 

[KSI xLUMINAx 7 5]

This is a very great post and all of FG should read this

[<--Is Awesome 42]

good stuff here now lets get your members on here reading this stuff

[The Bearded One 46]

this is great i read this a long time ago when i was a LT

[KSI xLUMINAx 7 5]

Ik right