You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader. – Henry Ford
Well, leadership requires a great many things as it happens.
But one thing not required is a title, or a “leadership position.”
Anyone can lead. They may not be “in charge,” but anyone can step up and make things better, help alleviate fears, encourage others and be an example of what to do.
Will you step up?
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. – Epicurus I would tweak the above and say: instead of craving what you don’t have, set goals based on your best guess of what else you might want…
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Excellence is doing the right things. Wisdom is doing them them at the right time. Practice is how both happen. * * * The little…
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. – The Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) Happiness is not something you buy. Happiness is not some place you get to. Happiness is not something you trade misery for. Happiness is something you create – by your thoughts, feelings and actions. What…
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. – Helen Keller Well, she would know. The beauty of the truth of how character is developed is that it gives us two amazing gifts. One: we get to discover…
He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him. – Dutch proverb The hardest thing about anything is starting. Not because the first step is the hardest of the steps, compared to the others. But because there is Safety and anything (and everything) else. It’s kinda like going swimming…
I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet. – Unknown It’s so easy to get used to the abundance and opportunity we enjoy here in the United States. So easy to forget that, even though our political system is far from perfect,…