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About Putting In The Weekend Work

As the sun rises (like it does every other day) it is your mission to meet the new day’s challenges and raise the stakes by overcoming those challenges then adding a few more before the day comes to an end.

Remember as a leader your job does NOT end Friday at 5PM and starts up on Monday at 8AM. If that is what you believe then you are NOT a leader. A Leader is ALWAYS ON! The only time a leader stops is when followers have lost confidence in your leadership ability.

Seriously, if you believe it stops on Friday and begins on Monday then please stop FOOLING yourself because you are NOT a leader, hell you are not even a manager. You are a follower, a “life-long follower”.

Why are you are follower? I say this because when the time comes you would rather head out to the club, sleep in, or better still IGNORE your own personal growth and development.

A true leader makes time to go out, enjoys sleeping in but most of all and above all else makes personal and professional growth and development a top priority. Believe It!

A real leader recognizes once Monday 8AM rolls around it is about the individual(s) he or she leads. It is about their time to grow (personally and professionally). It is about them shining because you are their leader and not the other way around, that’s a manager mindset.

Again, I challenge you to change my mind: If you do not believe that your duty is to ensure others are Learning, Growing, & Developing then you are NOT a leader.

Now get to work on making yourself better than yesterday. Be a better example today than you were yesterday and most of all you deserve to be considered a leader. Do what it takes to lead.

Have A Great Weekend.

David G. Guerra, MBA
Author of the Walking Leader and Great To Follow
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Change (this parent’s view of it)

There is another opportunity for change just around the corner. See here at the Guerra home, the school year is rapidly coming to an end. My youngest is about to move into his last year of middle school and my first child is about to enter college as Freshman.

Of course, my family and I are not unique in this situation. There are countless other families all over the nation going the exact same thing. Kids are graduating high school and moving up and out. That’s what kids are supposed to do.

Now is the time to see what we, as parents, have done in raising our children. Are they ready to face the world or at least, are they ready for the next grade?

There are so very few times in our lives that we get to see the products of our labor (of love). Soon we will know if what we have been doing is going to take, going to work. It is like raising crops. The farmer is out there every day taking care of the soil, watering the plants, plucking the weeds, and if need be, throwing down a little pesticide to get rid of the vermin that tries to sneak in. Then in the end, your crop comes in and ready to be enjoyed by the world. Yes, I do believe it is a little like that.

You raise your kids, you put in the work and when they take that first step out into the world they will be ready.

But what if??

Done right there are NO but’s or what if’s.

But what if?

Done right you do not even have to ask the question.

But what if?

Seriously, if you have to ask then you have already failed them.

If what I just wrote sounds harsh then welcome to the real world. It is harsh. The real world is not all rainbows and butterflies. The real world is hard. It is difficult and most of all it is REAL! It is also full of change.

Ready or not, the world eagerly awaits the arrival of your children. Whether they succeed or fail it does not matter (they will success anyway). What does matter is that they get out there and try. Remember, it is all about change.

And when it comes to change, it’s in the trees, it’s coming.

by David G. Guerra, MBA
Author of the Walking Leader and Great To Follow
twitter: @DaveGuerra
facebook: www.facebook.com/thedavidguerra
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NEW ARTICLE: 5 Things All Leaders Must Do At The Start Of The Day

The article: 5 THINGS ALL LEADERS MUST DO AT THE START OF THE DAY is the next article by David G. Guerra. In this article David discusses what he sees as the 5 things all leaders must do just before and at the start of the business day. While a leader must wear many hats there are some that are non-negotiable. These five things are not the only thing a leader must do everyday but it is a foundation to being a great leader of which showing up is most certainly at the top of any list.

Read this brief 1200 word article and if you are so inclined there is an option to download the article in PDF format.

click here to read: 5 THINGS ALL LEADERS MUST DO AT THE START OF THE DAY