Tag: leadership

• Leading With Trust

  Part of being a leader is trusting other people to do their jobs.

  They may not do things perfectly.

  They may not do things how you would.

  They may not even do things how you want.

  But you have to let them try.

  Being a leader means not doing everything yourself.

  You will achieve much more together than you would have alone, but you must be willing to let go of control in order to truly lead.

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  LEADING WITH TRUST
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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  June 29, 2024

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• Great Mentors

  The help you needed may be different than the help others need from you.

  It is an honorable thing to be for others the kind of mentor that you needed yourself.

  This is a noble goal and a powerful way to be of service.

  As you grow, however, you may find this strategy to be extremely limiting.

  Not everyone needs what you needed.

  Instead of trying to be who you needed, the higher calling is to be who others need, but this requires a greater amount of compassion and wisdom because it means looking past and feeling beyond yourself.

  Good mentors serve who they once were, but great mentors serve who is in front of them.

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  GREAT MENTORS
  By Robert Van Valkenburgh
  Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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  June 21, 2024

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• Serve Who They Are

  What you needed and what you need may be different from what others need from you.

  Everyone is not like you.

  By assuming they are, you are limiting your ability to be of service.

  Your task is to serve others as they are, not to serve who you were or are.

  To the best of your ability, be who they need.

  This will require a level of empathy and compassion that you may not be accustomed to.

  It won’t be easy, but it will make you grow.

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  April 15, 2024

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• Stand Out

  The world does not need more people who follow along.

  We don’t need more of the same.

  We need leaders, innovators, and free thinkers.

  If you don’t fit in, that is a good thing.

  Stand out, make some noise, and make a difference.

  It will be lonely at first, but you will be lonelier conforming beneath your potential.

  Lead us in a better direction than where we are currently headed.

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  April 14, 2024

  be strange, be weird, conformity, following, leadership, stand out, stand up

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• Lead And Play

  Be a leader when you need to be, but also be playful when you are able to be.

  The world needs leaders.

  It needs people who are accountable, responsible, and who are willing and able to help and guide others into becoming better versions of themselves.

  If it is in you to do so, lead the charge, push forward bravely into the future, and take others with you as you go.

  Just do not forget to have fun.

  Life’s seriousness will find you and there is more than enough to go around, which is why play is so important.

  Without play, leadership’s burdens can become unbearable.

  Lead fearlessly and relentlessly, and play in exactly the same way.

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  April 2, 2023

  bravery, courage, fun, leadership, play, playfulness, purpose

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