If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.
Many people would argue that the best CEO (maybe not the best person) of the 20th century was Jack Welch, the former chairman of General Electric. When asked for his thoughts on leadership, he echoed the same sentiment. Leadership starts with vision. Jack said, “With leadership the question at the beginning and at the end of the day is, ‘How far can we take this. . . how big can we grow it. . . and how fast can we get there’?”
With the vision in place, LEADERSHIP IS EXHIBITED IN A RELATIVE LACK OF FEAR. Leaders aren’t terribly afraid of change, the competition, or the difficulties that lie ahead. They’ve got so much passion that they don’t have much time for fear. As August Busch, head of Anheuser Busch said, “We do not know the meaning of the phrase ‘It can’t be done’. ”
This MP3 will help you clarify your purpose once and for all. And once you have done your clarifying, you will live your live on purpose instead of by accident.
This is a working MP3. In other words, you’ll be taken through a whole series of hands-on exercise. But it will be fun, and it will be worth it.
And it is this relative lack of fear, this abundance of passion, this all-out belief in the vision that turns on everyone else. Michael Eisner, head of Disney, commented on that. As the top dog at Disney, he said 18 presidents report to him, and inevitably the person with the strongest point of view carries the day. In other words, the strongest point of view influences where everyone else will go in the company.
Nothing in life is more motivating than purpose. Without a clear purpose, you’ll feel somewhat aimless and unfulfilled no matter what you do. And with a clear, grand purpose, you’ll be able to accomplish almost anything.
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