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MATURITY DEFINED: 5 Key Principles

1. Leading yourself before leading others

»» Instead of leading themselves, immature leaders only lead others

2. Seeing the big picture – As you mature you give up the right to see things from your perspective. You realize there is a bigger picture and you are not the center of it. You make decisions based upon the well-being of the team first before you are benefited. Immature leaders want everyone to get on their leadership train and to your leadership destination.
3. Valuing the vision without devaluing the team
4. Making right decisions for the right reasons – always what is best for members of your team!
5. Moving forward by growing and making transitions

»» Leaders are constantly shifting and adjusting – this allows you to take other people with you – It is not always about you!

»» The ability to be flexible and to shift is essential to strengthening leadership.

BEING A MATURE LEADER:

1. Not acting entitled
2. Increasingly OK with not knowing everything
3. Increasingly perform better under pressure
4. Surround oneself with people who have gifts greater than theirs – you have to be confident in who you are first to allow people that are more gifted than you are in strategic areas. It is a sign of a mature leader who will hire people greater than themselves in key areas. Only bigger people make you bigger. Lesser people will make you less.

»» Will have the chance to increase – Greater people make you greater

»» Turns you away from answering questions and toward asking questions – When you surround yourself with people lesser than you you tell people what to do. When people are bigger than you you ask questions because you understand that you do not know everything.

»» The better the team, the better questions that get asked

5. Embrace the process more and more – We over estimate the goal, and under estimate the process.

»» Stop asking “how long will it take?”

»» Start asking “how far I can go?” You become a passionate student. The finish line keeps moving

»» There is no set finish line

»» The only finish line in your life is the one you place there – The finish line is always moving away from you – not moving toward you! Epitaph: He ran out of breath! Don’t die before you are dead!

6. You must have a healthy view of failure

»» We have two choices:

1. We leave it
2. We learn and improve from it

»» Wisdom is the process of learning from failure

THE CYCLE OF SUCCESS

1. Test

»» How you see failure determines how you see a test

2. Fail
3. Learn

»» Wisdom is the process of learning from failure – What did you learn? How did you change as a result?

4. Improve

»» You know what you did wrong, but did you get better?

5. Re-enter

»» The moment you re-enter you begin the cycle again

THE CYCLE OF DUMB

1. Fail
2. Re-enter
3. Repeat the TEST

TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE WHEN WALKING INTO A NEW SITUATION

1. “I hope this works out alright”
2. “I am going to prove that this is alright”

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Music: “Gratitude Mood” by David Arivett. You can learn more about his music by clicking on his name. THANKS DAVID!