Starting a business requires leadership. And to be a good leader, first of all, you need to lead yourself.
Be your own boss means you can do whatever you want (in the negative sense of the word). In the positive sense, it means you manage your time and efforts more effectively; it means discipline. It means the ability to lead yourself to your goal. It means you have personal power over yourself. 🙂
Below is a video about the 10 keys to Personal Power. I recommend that you watch the video to start your own personal leadership training, which is very important when starting a business.
In case you do not have time to watch the video. Here is the outline:
10 Cs to Personal Power
- Clarity
- If you do not have clear specific goals in your life, you are doomed to work for people who do.
- You got to have a dream if you want to make your dream come true.
- Be clear with what you want? The best way to predict your future is to create it.
- Be clear on the results you want. Focus on results; not activities.
- List your goals.
- Review your goals often.
- Speak with clarity.
- Competence
- Excellence in what you do.
- The commitment to be excellent on what you do.
- Be the best on what you do.
- Commit yourself to excellence and the whole world opens up for you.
- Do your best every time out and always strive to do it better.
- Do not stay at a job which you do not love.
- Excellence yields opportunities.
- Hard work yields improvement.
- The market pays for excellence.
- Concentration
- Do not work on irrelevant things.
- Work on the top items on your list.
- Concentrate at one thing at a time.
- What is the most valuable use of your time? Then concentrate on it.
- It is the key to effectiveness.
- It is to have that sense of urgency.
- Common Sense
- Train your mind to have common sense.
- Train your mind to think things through.
- Action without thinking is the cause of every failure.
- Listen to your intuition. It is one of the best guides that you would possibly have.
- What is the most valuable lesson you can find in this situation?
- “The unexamined life is not worth living,” by Socrates.
- Learn from your setbacks.
- Creativity
- Always look for faster and better ways of doing things.
- All you have to do is find an idea that is 10 percent new.
- Add grace and finesse to what others normally have and do.
- Tap your creative potential.
- Be flexible.
- Ask questions.
- Find new ideas.
- Consideration
- Develop on how you can get along with anybody.
- Communication is important.
- Practice the golden rule: whatever you want others do unto you, do unto them.
- If you are on sales, learn behavioral psychology.
- Relationships determine success.
- Learn people skills.
- Learn to listen.
- Most firings result from personality problems.
- Consistency
- Dependable steady predictable work.
- Be consistent with your family, friends, and work. Consistency in relationships.
- Never compromise your peace of mind as it is compromising your integrity. Guard your integrity.
- Consistency is being true to yourself. So know your passion.
- Dependable work is superior.
- Consistency in personal development.
- Commitment
- Be totally committed to your work.
- Be totally absorbed with your work.
- Enjoy your work.
- Lack of loyalty is also lack of commitment.
- Courage
- Outstanding quality of all leaders.
- Brave or courageous people are people who are not unafraid. They are people who master their fear.
- Most fears disappear when you confront them.
- If you are not trembling, then you are not trying hard enough. Be a little afraid. But the brave person always try to move forward no matter how short the distance.
- To persist when things get rough.
- Develop momentum with your courage.
- Develop the quality of being unstoppable.
- Confront your fears.
- Dare to go forward.
- Avoid ruts.
- Fear of failure begets failure.
- No security, just opportunity.
- Persist despite adversity.
- Confidence
- Self-doubt can paralyze.
- The more you succeed the more pattern of success you can reinforce.
- Self-confidence begets achievement.
- Behave confidently.
- Act as though it is impossible to fail.
- Your true beliefs are expressed in your actions, and that is the true measure.
These keys to personal powers are related to habit patterns of your mind. Therefore, make them a habit to achieve success. The best way to start a business is to start becoming a good leader to yourself.
Learn more from this great guy: Brian Tracy.
Works at iBizLeverage Web Services, Internet/website marketing company in Cebu Philippines, for SMBs (small- and medium-scale businesses).
