I read somewhere that whenever people are judging others, they judge them based on their actions. However, when judging ourselves, we do it based on our intention. This is why we can not understand how the people working at the ministry of education would steal money to educate many poor Kenyans through the free education program, while the person that stole the money saw no other way to improve his/her life than to take that money. It is for the same reason that it is easy for some people with position and status in work place, to lord it over their underlings because to them, its getting the job done that is more important.
If you aspire for greatness it is important to learn to lead yourself well. You must develop very strong self discipline. At the end of the day your co-workers, employees, and team mates will use you as the standard for how to behave when responding to clients, managing people, projects, and their team mates. You can not expect from others what you do not model yourself.
Another important aspect of leading yourself is accountability. One of the toughest things we need to acknowledge is that we should never ever trust ourselves. We are human, we will make mistakes. We have to consciously make the daily decision to manage our negative traits and not give into them. Over and above that, we need an accountability partner. That is why large companies have board members, to keep management in check. If you are able to, get a mentor who has more experience than you to keep you accountable on your goals and ideals.
John C. Maxwell has written several books on leadership which are very practical. He is also a world renowned business leader in charge of various global organizations. He will be coming into Kenya for various leadership seminars through training solutions on the 8th March, 2010. You can preview some of the content in his books on the links below. Be sure to make a commitment to read at least one title this year.
See www.trainingsolutions.co.ke for more information on the seminar.
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Interesting! I have been in the position of an underling and the other one and I can confirm that whichever way you look at it, the way we lead ourselves sets the standard for others around us. It is a mirror of sorts. But I like that we are allowed the mistakes that make us grow and learn to be better for our families, spouses, workplaces, bosses and all responsibilities.
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