LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE #1: Know Yourself and Seek Self-Improvement.
An authentic leader is always looking to improve their place in life. It is when the leader STOPS learning and improving that the honor of leading people comes to an end. Never stop moving forward. Never stop improving and you will always succeed and pass along that success to those that follow you.
Knowing yourself is one of those never-ending, lifelong tasks that a leader cannot slack off on nor can they view while wearing rose colored glasses. Objectivity is necessary in order for any leader (at any level) to see themselves for who they really are. Failing to be truthful to yourself is unacceptable.
The first time you fail yourself is the moment you have given up any chance of being leader. A true authentic leader. Why? When you cannot be honest with yourself, how can you possibly begin to know yourself, let alone try to seek any form of self-improvement?
Without the truth, the truth to yourself, you cannot begin.
Thanks,
David G. Guerra, M.B.A.
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