Episode 272 3 Questions for Excellent Leadership
On this episode of The Lead Up Podcast, Mike shares the three questions you need to know the answer to in order to execute excellent leadership. He kicks this episode off by sharing a quote by the publisher and writer Elbert Hubbard ~ ‘The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a man or woman has thrown up their hands at a time where a little more effort, a little more patience, would’ve achieved success. A little more effort and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.'
Grab a pen and paper and take some notes because this is a powerful episode and you’re going to have some great takeaways from it!
The three questions we as excellent leaders need to know the answer to are;
- What is on your quit list?
- What is on your dream board?
- What is on your priority list?
How many times have you been so close to succeeding and it just seemed that overcoming failure was impossible? Mike shares with us how there have been periods in his life where he felt like throwing in the towel because success felt too dark and unachievable. Failure is ok! Sometimes in order for us to achieve the success we desire in life we have to learn from others and also learn from our past selves too. Mike states that excellence is getting just a little better each day, month, and year. He encourages you to spend time reflecting on the year, learn from your success and design the way forward so the next year is your best year ever.
So, what is on your quit list? Sometimes we want certain things in life but we are unwilling to give up the things that are holding us back from achieving our desires. Make note of what you truly want, is it better performance out of your team? Is it more results? More revenue at the end of the year? Now think about what you need to quit in order to have these things. You might need to quit avoiding difficult conversations with employees. You cannot be afraid of the emotional baggage or the potential outburst these difficult conversations may have because the more frequently you hold these conversations, the lower the outburst will be. He mentions how maybe you need to quit wasting time. Are you being busy but not productive? If so, head over to https://www.mikeharbour.net/daily-compass to grab a free copy of Mike’s daily productivity guide. A good leader knows when to quit and start. In order to create the results you want in life, you need to quit doing the easy things and intentionally put more effort into the hard things, and start today!
Mike highly recommends creating a dream board not only for yourself but also for your team. Follow these easy steps involved with dream boards to positively impact your leadership;
- Write down your goals
- Create a dream board
- Track your/your team's progress
- Celebrate achievements and successes
- Take care of yourself and create visuals that will keep you and your team motivated and inspired!
He also recommends that you create a priority list – and prioritize what makes it onto your priority list! If you focus on 1 to 3 tasks a day, you will accomplish 1 to 3 things. However, if you try to focus on 4 to 10 things you’re only going to achieve 3 things. Even more so, if you focus on 10+ tasks to be accomplished in one day... you’ll achieve 0! He tells us that there is no such thing as multitasking. Sure you can chop and change between one task to another, but you cannot truly focus on two things at one time. Prioritize your time and the tasks you need to achieve one day at a time.
Mike’s goal for this podcast is really to help you gain power in your life so that you can positively increase your influence on those that you lead. Mike reminds you that success is easy, but it’s not simple. Be sure to reach out to Mike through [email protected] for any assistance. Let him know if there are any topics you would like him to speak more about!
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