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101 Powerful Leadership Quotes To Inspire Success
When the going gets tough, there is nothing better than a powerful quote to re-energize you, to remind you of who you truly are to give you back courage, to teach you how to lead an to sustain your leadership.
I have gathered 101 great leadership quotes that will inspire you to increase your personal power and achieve success.
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The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Tony Blair
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
John Quincy Adams
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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
Stephen Covey
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Leaders live by choice, not by accident.
Mark Gorman
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
Colin Powell
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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.
John C. Maxwell
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
Stephen Covey
8
A leader is best when people barely know he exists…when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will all say: We did it ourselves.
Lao-Tzu
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People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.
Michelle Obama
10
Always be the person you would want to work for.
Liz Brenner
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To handle yourself, use your head; to handle other, use your heart.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
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Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Dalai Lama
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A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein
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Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
George Addair
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Nothing will work unless you do.
Maya Angelou
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Don’t find fault, find a remedy.
Henry Ford
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Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.
Henry Ford
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Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.
Margaret J. Wheatley
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Find the smartest people you can and surround yourself with them.
Marissa Mayer
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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.
Tina Fey
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Well-behaved women rarely make history.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Leaders have the courage to make unpopular decisions and gut calls.
Jack Welch
24
People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
John C. Maxwell
25
I believe in a quiet, strong and grounded leadership. I think some of the best leaders are those whose work is widely known and respected but who, themselves, are relatively unknown.
Rachael Chong
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A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others.
General Douglas MacArthur
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.
Theodor Seuss Geisel
28
To lead people, walk behind them.
Lao Tzu
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Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
Margaret Thatcher
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Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.
George S. Patton Jr.
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
Abraham Lincoln
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You do not lead by hitting people over the head — that’s assault, not leadership.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.
Herbert Swope
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Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple and it is also that difficult.
Warren Bennis
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A leader is a person you will follow to a place you would not go by yourself.
Joel Barker
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
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A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see.
Leroy Eimes
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Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
Brian Tracy
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People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
John Maxwell
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A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Ovid
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Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be led.
Ross Perot
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
Stephen Covey
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One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Arnold Glasow
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A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
John J Pershing
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There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage.
Fuchan Yuan
49
A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.
Stephen King
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I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.
Mother Teresa
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A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.
Martin Luther King
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The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
Sheryl Sandberg
53
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
Peter F. Drucker
54
Leadership is unlocking people’s potential to become better.
Bill Bradley
55
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10000 ways that won’t work.
Thomas A. Edison
56
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs
57
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.
Buddha
58
Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt
59
Faster. Stronger. Smarter. More humble. Less ego.
Jocko Willink
60
Leadership distilled down to 3 words: Make a difference.
Robin Sharma
61
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.
Nelson Mandela
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Leadership is a mindset in action. So don’t wait for the title. Leadership isn’t something that anyone can give you – you have to earn it and claim it for yourself.
Travis Bradberry
63
Leaders don’t force people to follow – they invite them on a journey.
Charles S. Lauer
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Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are.
Thomas John Carlisle
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Leadership is not just about giving energy… it’s unleashing other people’s energy.
Paul Polman
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The leaders who get the most out of their people are the leaders who care most about their people.
Simon Sinek
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I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.
Denise Morrison
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Being humble doesn’t mean that you lack self-confidence, or that you never stand up for your own opinions or principles. It does mean recognizing that you don’t know everything – and that you’re willing to learn from others.
Justin Bariso
69
A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
70
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
Henry Ford
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My jobs as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they’re having a meaningful impact.
Larry Page
72
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.
Queen Elizabeth II
73
When people talk, listen completely.
Ernest Hemingway
74
Leadership is an ever-evolving position.
Mike Krzyzewski
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
Steven R. Covey
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Inspiring conduct has so much more of an impact than coercing it.
Thomas Friedman
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Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determinations.
John Seaman Garns
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True leadership lies in guiding others to success–in ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.
Bill Owens
79
It’s impossible to engage people when you’re not engaged yourself, and if you’re not engaged then why should they be.
Gordon Tredgold
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But to practice leadership, you need to accept that you are in the business of generating chaos, confusion, and conflict.
Ronald Heifetz
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Leaders should be able to stand alone, take the heat, bear the pain, tell the truth, and do what’s right.
Max De Pree
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A leader must have the courage to act against an expert’s advice.
James Callaghan
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No pressure, no diamonds.
Thomas Carlyle
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Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
Wayne Huizenga
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The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Oprah Winfrey
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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston S. Churchill
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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
George Bernard Shaw
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Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Joyce Brothers
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Successful people have no fear of failure. But unsuccessful people do. Successful people have the resilience to face up to failure—learn the lessons and adapt from it.
Roy T. Bennett
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Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.
Sam Walton
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Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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In a moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can succeed.
Ralph Nader
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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again. This time more intelligently.
Henry Ford
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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
Jack Welch
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Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
Dale Carnegie
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Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Albert Einstein
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Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.
Michelle Obama
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The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.
Ken Blanchard
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Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the difficulty in every opportunity.
Reed Markham
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Epictetus
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Quote Of The Week #98
8 Ways Great Leaders Deal With Disappointment
Recently, I have made solid plans around an opportunity that didn’t turn out. Thou I didn’t care much about the opportunity, I was frustrated that the plans that I carefully hatched fell through.
In order to find out why the opportunity fell off, I had a conversation with a toxic individual who spewed lies and venom and with whom I happened to get out of character.
Because I lost my plans for the future and gave away my personal power, I was deeply disappointed in myself and in the circumstances.
If you are a trailblazing leader, are goal-oriented or enjoy making plans for the future, these moments happen often and you will face a lot of disappointments in your life.
That is why, you simply have to learn to cope with it.
Wondering how leaders overcome disappointment in life?
The importance of disappointments
Disappointment is defined as feelings of sadness or displeasure caused by feelings of unfulfilled hope and failed expectations.
Sometimes, an opportunity that we wished for just doesn’t turn out; A person we are hoping for doesn’t show up or act right.
However, life never goes according to plans. Eventually, you will make new plans, you will realize that not every opportunity is a good opportunity and not everyone is good for you.
Feelings of disappointment are hard to get rid off at first but are ephemeral. Those feelings will go away with time.
Once you have overcome these feelings, you will finally understand who you truly are, you can grow as a person, become a stronger person, and build up your character.
How to overcome disappointment?
1. Accept your emotions
Disappointment is part of life and everyone will experience it at some point in life.
Disappointment can trigger a vast array of emotions that you cannot run away from or cover up.
It becomes critical to acknowledge your feelings and find out what exactly triggered it.
Refusing to analyze, confront and discipline your emotions can cause long-term damage on your health.
2. Forgive yourself
Learning to forgive yourself is the hardest part of dealing with disappointment because we are grasping our errors and what we “should” have done instead.
You are only human. You have made mistakes and you will probably make some more.
So, be compassionate with yourself, avoid shifting blame and take care of yourself. Eat well, sleep well and exercise.
3. Reframe your mindset
Now, that you have dealt with your raw emotions, it is time to restructure your mindset, improve on yourself, analyze your situation and mentally distance yourself from your past expectations.
This is the moment when you get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable, when you accept disappointment as a part of life and as a challenge, when you use it to improve yourself and to change the way you have been doing things.
While you are reframing your mindset:
- Monitor your self-talk.
- Don’t expect to be constantly disappointed because you attract what you think.
- Practice self control to make better decisions, to nurture healthy thoughts because you are responsible for yourself.
4. Shift your focus
Now that you have reframed your mind, you have to trust that positivity can result from a negative situation and focus on turning your negative situation into a positive one.
The best way to keep moving forward and to making the best out of any situation is to stay busy, positive, focused and on purpose, to focus on your strengths and on who you want to be.
You can also find out what you could have done differently and make your goals more achievable.
5. Stay present
Your disappointment happened in the past and it’s time to move on.
There is no sense in replaying a situation in your mind over and over again.
It becomes detrimental to your health to be present and be grateful for what you currently have.
If you cannot remain in the present and keep ruminating, it is best to quickly analyze your feelings until you get closure.
6. Surround yourself with positive people
Disappointment can turn into a burden that can be too heavy for one person.
It can be helpful to share your disappointment with people you trust and who care about you.
As a general notice:
- Be careful who you surround yourself with.
- Stay away from people who constantly disappoint you or who hurt you on purpose.
7. Let go control
In life, you must always remember that you cannot control everything that happens to you or around you.
Therefore,
- Don’t worry about the circumstances outside your control. It won’t change anything.
- Trust that life has a better plan and solution for you.
- Remember that there are many more opportunities out there.
- Don’t get too attached to your plans and expectations.
- Expect setbacks in life.
8. Grow!
Remember that life is a journey and that every failure brings you closer to your success.
We can learn something from every life experience, even from our disappointments.
Last Words Of Advice!
No matter the situation, always maintain your personal power.
There is no need to always throw yourself a pity party.
Once you have given yourself time to heal and when you get over your feelings of disappointment, you must think about what you could have done differently and implement the new solution the next time you face a similar situation.
Now that you know better, do better!
Hope that I’ve helped you get it together on your way to leadership!
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Quote Of The Week #94
The Importance Of Creativity In Leadership
Organizations often face challenges that cannot be handle the traditional way.
Leaders quickly realize that creativity is the skill that will remove challenges, increase the success rate and will optimistically carry their organization into the future.
Wondering how to boost your creativity?
What is creativity?
Creativity doesn’t belong to the select few.
Creativity is the process of producing something out of nothing, of combining older ideas, of bringing imagination and ideas into reality.
Creativity is intelligence having fun. - Albert Einstein Click To TweetThe benefits of creativity in leadership
In leadership, creativity is the mindset that improves workplace culture. Leaders who are creative:
- Are self-aware, authentic and passionate.
- Are solution-oriented and insightful.
- Are walking inspirations and are confident about their abilities.
- Make easy connections and see possibilities where there aren’t any.
- Understand that the world has changed and is changing.
- Think outside the box and challenge the status quo.
- Need motivation and autonomy.
How to boost your creativity?
Creativity is harder than we think but plays an important role in job satisfaction. There are a few ways that you can boost your creativity.
1. Take time off to restore yourself
Restoring yourself means that you know who you are and that you understand that society can erode your authentic self. Taking time off will help you to:
- Get out of your boring routine.
- Let your imagination run wild.
- Practice meditation, sleep and rest your mind.
- Prepare yourself for your next move.
- Exercise. Exercising will help you clear your mind and energize you.
- Put some distance between your personal project and your thoughts.
- Organize your day and work at hours where your creativity is the highest.
- Enjoy solitude. Solitude allows introspection and introspection triggers creativity.
2. Change your habits
It is good to change your way of doing things from time to time. In order to renew your though pattern:
- Go somewhere or try something new.
- Try things without fear or shame.
- Say yes to different opportunities more often.
- Expose yourself to things that inspire you and gain more experience.
- Build up new good habits. Building new habits will allow your body to go on autopilot while your mind is free to wander.
For leaders to become original, they would have to know what has already been created.
3. Don’t avoid failures
Failure happens to everyone and is inevitable.
Therefore, take more risks and learn the rules so you can break them.
In addition, laugh at yourself and welcome constructive criticism.
Fail as much as you can and fail early because even when you fail, you can always start over and the lessons learned will make you smarter.
4. Follow your passions and talents
Your passions and talents come easy to you, can be sustained on long periods of time and will fuel your creativity.
Your passion will inspire someone else to be creative. To identify your passions and talents:
- Explore every single one of your interests and natural inclinations.
- Remember your dreams, strengths and passions as a child.
- Analyze the reasons why you are interested in certain activities.
- Take strengths and weaknesses assessment tests.
5. Work on your skills
Acquiring expertise in your area of interest will be swift and will liberate your mind so that your creativity can takeover.
A writer who has never learnt to read or write cannot express his creativity.
A fashion designer who hasn’t learnt different sowing techniques cannot attain their highest potential.
A leader who has never learnt to communicate efficiently will have a hard time sharing their ideas.
6. Keep on open mind
When you want to be creative, it becomes critical to keep an open mind for whatever you do:
- Have an insatiable level of curiosity.
- Listen to the ideas that come to you.
- Read books, listen to music, watch shows that will inspire you and that do not necessarily pertain to your are of interest.
- Learn new skills. Learning new skills will give you the opportunity to explore.
- Remove fear or other negative emotions that may block your thinking process.
7. Write down whatever comes to your mind
Ideas come to you at impromptu moments. It becomes handy to keep a notebook with you at all times so you can write them down as soon as possible.
To jumpstart your imagination, you can try brainstorming techniques or stare at a blank canvas as long as you need it. Blank canvas can be intimidating because there is an unlimited amount of outcomes.
When you are writing down your ideas, remember that there are no good or bad idea, just an unlimited number of ideas.
8. Monitor your surroundings
To get inspiration, you must surround yourself with creative people or with people from different backgrounds who hold different opinions.
You can also sit in public and observe the movement of people.
Last Words Of Advice!
It is one thing to be creative and another to maintain the creative process. You must learn yourself well and stay confident in your ability to create.
To maintain your creativity, first share your vision and ideas across your organization. Then, encourage others to come to you with ideas.
Is your organization doing enough to increase the creativity within the company?
Hope that I’ve helped you get it together on your way to leadership!
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Quote Of The Week #93
14 Ways Leaders Fight Boredom
Sometimes, our job can become slow and cumbersome.
Other times, we can either:
- Forget who we are and what we want.
- Evolve and realize that we no longer belong.
- get stuck in a dead end job with zero opportunities.
- Be unable to project ourselves in the future.
Boredom in the workplace happens to millennials starting out on their career as much as accomplished men or women at the top of their career.
Wondering how to overcome boredom in the workplace?
The benefits of boredom
Great leaders have found their career of choice and are most likely thriving in their field.
However, when leaders are bored, they lose energy, become discouraged and frustrated with everyone and everything.
There are positives aspects of being bored at work. Boredom:
- Gives leaders the “opportunity” to question themselves, gain more self awareness, rewire their brain and find their new passion.
- Helps leaders take their career to the next level.
- Warns leaders that they need a break and that they might be burning out.
- Says that leaders have reached or are not working on their respective goals.
- Means that you are not self aware enough and that you need to spend more time with yourself.
How to overcome boredom in the workplace?
1. Improve your mindset
There is always room for self improvement. To get your motivation back:
- Review your Life Plan and your past accomplishments.
- Start your day with motivational quotes.
- Listen to positive podcasts.
- Read self-help books and blogs.
- Attend leadership development programs.
- Take classes and trainings.
- Optimize your current situation.
2. Analyze your situation
Analyze your results, objectives, processes and team performance.
Then, think of new success strategy, find out what can be optimized and how you can take more risks.
For example, remove the flow of unnecessary meetings from your schedule.
3. Take a break from your job
Boredom can just be a phase.
To get over that phase, simply go on a vacation.
When you will get back to work, your energy and your focus will automatically be renewed
4. Try something new
Leaders are, more often than not, excited for a new idea, by the idea of novelty and for the opportunity to learn. When bored, it is imperative for you to:
- Do things that you have always wanted to do.
- Step out of your comfort zone.
- Face your fears.
5. Find or renew your passions
Passion is waking up energized and motivated to do the things you love. It means being able to persist through adversity.
If there are no more logical reasons for keeping your leadership position, ask yourself the 25 questions to find your passion back, to remind yourself what this job meant to you and want it did for you when you started.
6. Live in the present
Being present is a state of mind where you are neither focus on the future or the past, where your emotions don’t dictate your actions.
- Take everything day by day.
- Do your best.
- Make peace with your past.
7. Learn to be grateful
When you are grateful, you realize that each day you are closer to your goals.
That doesn’t mean that you are complacent or satisfied with the way things are.
Learning to be grateful means that you value what you have and are willing to go beyond your comfort zone.
8. Organize your life
When you are bored and have too much time on your hands, it is best to get organized, clean up your desk, clear up the junk in your emails, and freshen up your environment.
9. Do something for someone else
There is nothing more gratifying than helping someone else.
Go around your team members and study whether or not they feel the same way, need a challenged, need help, attention or encouragement.
10. Find places outside of work to employ your skills
A boring job is much better than a toxic or dramatic workplace.
So, keep your day job, take time out to define your passions, talents and skills.
Then, employ them in another environment after work until you can turn your hobby into your new day job.
11. Take the initiative
To get rid of being bored, create more work for yourself.
You can use your initiative as leverage during pay raise negotiations.
12. Find new incentives to work
Sometimes, when you lose motivation, you have to look for new ways to wake up in the morning and to go to work.
13. Make your work day more fun
Fun is not only for kids.
But, instead of lashing out and taking out your frustrations on your team, celebrate your success, turn your day and activities into fun.
14. Express yourself
You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea. - Earl Nightingale Click To TweetBoredom has a direct impact on your creativity.
If you are bored, let your imagination flow, look for different ways to express yourself and to implement your ideas.
Last Words Of Advice!
Leaders and followers get bored from time to time.
Because we are all human and have all experienced boredom, you will have a better understanding on why some team members are underperforming.
That doesn’t mean that you have to cut your team some slack or breathe down their necks.
It means that you know how to re-energize them, to motivate them and optimize their performance.
Hope that I’ve helped you get it together on your way to leadership!
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Mark Divine
Mark Divine is a retired Navy SEAL Commander and founder of the leadership development program Unbeatable Mind.
Mark Divine is also the author of Unbeatable Mind.
Quote Of The Week #91
