What IS important to leadership?

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Five Most Important Leadership Traits

Some people sit and pontificate about whether leaders are made or born. The true leader ignores such arguments and instead concentrates on how to become a better... The less time you have to spend on getting people to follow you, the more time you have to spend refining exactly where you want to go and how to get there.

I enjoyed reading this post, and actually "clicked through," and read to the end.

Personally, I believe in the power of goals, goal setting, and the affirmation process. What I so enjoy about sitting down and thinking about (and then manifesting and experiencing) goals is the "place" I get to go to. My process is usually the same.

I sit down at a table or desk, with a blank piece of paper, a favorite pen, and plenty of light! I begin in the middle of the page, simply writing one or two words about what I'm thinking about (life, love, sport, travel, work, etc). Then, I let the ideas just pour forth. The only "rule:" If I think it, I write it. My intention is to write down the ideas, the possibilities, the experiences, the resources, anything that I can think of that will get me "closer" to the goal.

Afterwards, sometime in the next day or two, I take that page and re-write it. This time, I only put the "vision-stuff" in. What I will get, what that will mean, how it will come about, etc. I post it where I can see it, and spend a few minutes each day looking it over. Rarely do these stay on my wall more than a week...just enough time to stay fresh, stay engaging, and give me a little shot of motivation each time I sit down to work.

With a consistent review, it is possible to chart your progress easily and recognize patterns early on through the completion process.  The larger the goal, the more important to the outcome, the more you will want to know if you are on or off course.

Comments

[Mark Shead]

I'm glad you enjoyed article over at Leadership501. Your goal setting exercise brings up a good point that I think a lot of people miss in writing everything down that you think of. Once you get it out on paper you can discard the stuff that isn't worth while, but you don't really know until you actually get it out.