BE A BEACON, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
“We have to rethink the concept of leader, because leader implies follower. I think we need to embrace the idea that we are the leaders we’ve been looking for.” - Grace Lee Boggs
Everyday, we have the chance to create the world we want to live in. You don't have to volunteer your time or make financial donations to charity in order to make the world better.
We all have the power to be high-impact leaders with even the smallest gestures.
In our day-to-day lives, we can act with the transformative power of leadership by setting a tone of warmth, compassion and openness to those we cross paths with. This includes someone we sidle up to in order to fit on the train for the morning commute, our own children, or maybe even a co-worker with a rather prickly personality. The more we can share a smile, a kind word, a friendly glance, the more we contribute to making the world an enjoyable and safe place to be.
Acting with leadership is good for others and even better for ourselves. Putting ourselves in the driver’s seat of our everyday interactions and experiences, helps us to create a more stable sense of confidence, empowerment and happiness. We can then influence those around us with our mere presence. Moods are contagious. Spread a contented, hopeful and helpful mood.
Here are some ideas of things you might try to:
“We have to rethink the concept of leader, because leader implies follower. I think we need to embrace the idea that we are the leaders we’ve been looking for.” - Grace Lee Boggs
Everyday, we have the chance to create the world we want to live in. You don't have to volunteer your time or make financial donations to charity in order to make the world better.
We all have the power to be high-impact leaders with even the smallest gestures.
In our day-to-day lives, we can act with the transformative power of leadership by setting a tone of warmth, compassion and openness to those we cross paths with. This includes someone we sidle up to in order to fit on the train for the morning commute, our own children, or maybe even a co-worker with a rather prickly personality. The more we can share a smile, a kind word, a friendly glance, the more we contribute to making the world an enjoyable and safe place to be.
Acting with leadership is good for others and even better for ourselves. Putting ourselves in the driver’s seat of our everyday interactions and experiences, helps us to create a more stable sense of confidence, empowerment and happiness. We can then influence those around us with our mere presence. Moods are contagious. Spread a contented, hopeful and helpful mood.
Here are some ideas of things you might try to:
- Give 3 genuine compliments today.
- Consider forgiving someone who hurt you many years ago.
- Accept yourself completely: faults, failures, regrets, weaknesses and all!
- Accept someone you had once considered to be utterly unlikable.
- Admit a mistake you made when you see someone else struggling with a failure.