When you radically refine your thoughts, the world around you responds, often faster and more profoundly than you expect. When you reshape your thoughts at the deepest level, you’ll be amazed at how quickly your outer world shifts to match the change within.

The weak and prideful blame others. 

Blaming others is always easier than taking responsibility for how you feel. 

When you have unresolved issues you always find a way to blame others for your problems and the way you feel. Once you decide to overcome those issues, you realize those feelings and misunderstandings were your fault (you chose them) in the first place, and then you stop blaming others, and your life gets better, you get better, and everyone’s life gets brighter.

 

The best philosophy isn’t the flashiest or the most creative, but the the one that has two key components:

1. It Is true. 
2. It is followed. 

If you can follow truth, you will always be on the right track. 

Spending time together is not the same as being in proximity with each other. It is not only about sharing space, but more so about making something meaningful with the time together. 

Those who gossip the most, should be trusted the least. 

The most regrettable and avoidable mistake people make is when they let their ego guide their decisions. When the ego leads, the situation always becomes one of loss. 

When ego guides belief, faith is lost. 

When ego directs careers, potential is lost. 

When ego leads relationships, love is lost. 

Waiting is harder when you aren’t actively engaged in something, anything. 

Sometimes we have to wait. But we can work while we wait. We can learn while we wait. We can pray while we wait. 

What great leaders consistently do:

Set direction and lead change.
The best leaders craft a clear, credible vision, translate it into strategy, remove roadblocks, and mobilize people to navigate change.

Enable two-way communication.
They replace command-and-control with “healthy organizational conversation” that builds engagement and strategic alignment (intimacy, interactivity, inclusion, intentionality). They make it safe to speak up, challenge ideas, and learn from mistakes, thus, driving innovation and performance.

Develop people by coaching.
The can be mentors when needed, but focus on coaching. Great leaders act as coaches, asking better questions, giving targeted feedback, building capability, and fueling courage. 

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The best leaders have a clear vision, communicate openly, develop others through coaching, and build trust by creating a culture of learning and compassion. 

Great leadership begins with mastering yourself. Mastering your thoughts first, so then you can understand your emotions and begin to master your reactions and eventually your feelings. When you lead yourself first, then you can lead others with a sense of calm confidence and a clear vision and purpose.