Great Leaders.

Hope we can all learn something from this =)

Teaching, Inspiring and Motivating Leaders

Apply Pressure

There are two kinds of pressure: The kind you feel and the kind you
apply.

John Fox

A very successful colleague of mine commented the other day that,
although his mother and father both had high blood pressure, he did
not. He said he has always wondered why he had not inherited it.
Another colleague quickly responded that it was because he was a "high
blood pressure carrier." "You'll never develop high blood pressure
because you
are so busy giving it to others," he said. Indeed much of my
colleague's tremendous success over his many years of law practice has
been due to his ability to apply so much pressure to those around him,
that he doesn't feel pressured himself.

Great leaders are masters of applying pressure and not feeling
affected by it. They always seem to be one step ahead of others. They
anticipate where things are moving and get there before the
competition. They spend much more time creating change than they do
reacting to it. They give
subordinates plenty of challenging assignments rather than waiting for
them to ask for work. They understand that the best defense is a
strong offense and attack difficulties before they grow out of
control.

Do you feel more pressure than you apply? Are you leading change and
innovation or constantly reacting to the changes and innovation of
others? What could you do differently in your daily schedule to begin
applying pressure and not feeling affected by it?

Plan, prepare and execute your daily plan this week in a way that
enables you to begin spending more time initiating action rather than
reacting to the actions of others. Anticipate where things are going
and work smarter each day to get there before the competition. Begin
applying more pressure while not letting pressure affect you.


Hmm. Things are here for me to learn. A 17 going on 18 little girl. Yan Yan =)