Have You Stalled?
- in your business, career or life
ASK YOURSELF WHY?
Taken from a talk by John Maxwell
Leaders constantly ask themselves questions - we think the opposite – that leaders know what they are doing, but the more a leader knows, the more questions they ask. Asking good questions on the front end creates a great leader going forward.
KEY QUESTIONS TO ASK
1. Am I investing in myself?
You cannot give what you do not have. Before I lead you, or grow you, I should lead and grow myself.
“We teach what we know - we reproduce what we are”
When was the last time you learned something for the first time?
Nothing is worse than following a leader that has stopped growing – it puts a lid on growth. We do not get better automatically!
Get into a growth environment
If you are in the class and are head of the class – get out. You need to get out and over your head.
Be in a place where others are ahead of you, where you are continually challenged. A place that looks forward not backward – yesterday ended last night, get over it!
Where the atmosphere is affirming, encouraging
Where you are out of your comfort zone
Where you wake up excited – when you quit working excited, you quit working!
Where failure is not the enemy – all successful people major in failure, not wallowing in failure!
Where others are growing
Where people want to change
Where growth is modelled and expected.
2. Am I genuinely interested in others?
Leaders are not more intelligent than followers, they simply see things differently – they see more - the bigger picture. Without genuine care for others they can become manipulative so motive is important. Without good motive you will not get good people to take you forward!
3 questions followers ask before they buy into your vision
- Do you care for me? – Are you sincere?
- Can you help me? – Is this to my advantage?
- Do I trust you? – What is your character?
3. Am I doing what I love, and do I love what I do?
Are you passionate?
Leaders who lack passion fill the hole with cynicism!
4. Am I investing my time with the right people?
When you become a counsellor, not a teacher the wrong people are taking up your time.
5. Am I staying in my strength zone?
6. Am I taking others to a higher level?
7. Am I taking care of today?
Tomorrow never comes if you don’t take care of today
8. Am I taking time to think?
Leaders tend to have a bias towards action, not thinking.
9. Am I developing leaders?
Not just followers
10. Am I pleasing God?
A personal question John asks himself, and so do I.
Peter Irvine
www.peterirvine.com
Peter is Co-Founder of Gloria Jean’s Coffees, author of "Win In Business", speaker and business consultant.
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