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John Maxwell teaches the Law of The Lid in his 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. This laws states that you cannot lead beyond your current capacity. If you are currently a 4 and yet desire 6’s – you must grow yourself to be become a 7. This reinforces the leadership maxim that “Everything rises and falls on Leadership!” Understand this maxim is not 80%-90% of the time. It is 100% of the time.

The Daily Five suggests that if you had a tree to chop down and you take an axe and swing it fives times daily at the trunk, that tree will fall eventually. What is the tree in your life that you desire to conquer? What is your dream in life? Where is your axe? What tools are you using? Use them daily for success!

First, Lead Yourself

• Before you can lead others, you must lead yourself. If you would not follow you, why would others follow you?
• Mahatma Gandhi stated that we should be the change we desire to see in others. People do what people see.
• The Law of Magnetism suggests that we attract who we are not what we want. We teach what we know, but we reproduce who we are.

Second, Add Value To People

• Zig Ziglar stated that if you help people achieve their goals, they will help you obtain your goals.
• When I stop valuing people, I risk manipulating people.
• Start by making yourself more valuable today so that you add value tomorrow.

Third Study Leadership Daily

• Thankfully we are living in an era in which we have access to some of the best leadership thinking in the world by means of digital technology.
• Learn from deep thinkers not just what is trendy. Deep thinkers help you build a solid foundation that endures. Trendy thinking is like a sugar high!
• Visit Presidential Libraries. David Gergen’s book Eyewitness To Power gives insights to four Presidents leadership.
• Leaders do not grow in a day rather, they grow daily. What is your growth plan? If you cannot articulate it on paper, your are probably day-dreaming.

Fourth Practice Leadership Daily

• What are you doing to train others in the craft of leading?
• Do not waste your time on individuals that will not practice the disciplines of leadership.
• Practicing leadership gives you confidence in your leadership abilities. It helps you to have a mastery of the issues.

Fifth Intentionally Grow Daily

• Put yourself in a place where others are better than you are.
• Put yourself in a place where you are challenged for growth.
• Your focus should be forward. Your attitude should be affirming.
• Wake up excited to do something significant.
• Get into a place where failure is affirming.

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