A Lean Journey 
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on this journey because without learning we can not improve.
“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” — Jim Rohn
If you want to
be a great leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of
quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts,
skills and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent.
Leadership is the great challenge of life.
be a great leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of
quality yourself. Leadership is the ability to attract someone to the gifts,
skills and opportunities you offer as an owner, as a manager, as a parent.
Leadership is the great challenge of life.
What’s
important in leadership is refining your skills. All great leaders keep working
on themselves until they become effective. Here’s how:
important in leadership is refining your skills. All great leaders keep working
on themselves until they become effective. Here’s how:
1. Learn to be
strong but not impolite.
strong but not impolite.
It is an extra
step you must take to become a powerful, capable leader with a wide range of
reach. Some people mistake rudeness for strength. It’s not even a good
substitute.
step you must take to become a powerful, capable leader with a wide range of
reach. Some people mistake rudeness for strength. It’s not even a good
substitute.
2. Learn to be
kind but not weak.
kind but not weak.
We must not
mistake weakness for kindness. Kindness isn’t weak. Kindness is a certain type
of strength. We must be kind enough to tell someone the truth. We must be kind
enough and considerate enough to lay it on the line. We must be kind enough to
tell it like it is and not deal in delusion.
mistake weakness for kindness. Kindness isn’t weak. Kindness is a certain type
of strength. We must be kind enough to tell someone the truth. We must be kind
enough and considerate enough to lay it on the line. We must be kind enough to
tell it like it is and not deal in delusion.
3. Learn to be
bold but not a bully.
bold but not a bully.
It takes
boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you’ve got to walk in front
of your group. You’ve got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the
first problem, discover the first sign of trouble. Like the farmer, if you want
any rewards at harvest time, you have got to be bold and face the weeds and the
rain and the bugs straight on. You’ve got to seize the moment.
boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you’ve got to walk in front
of your group. You’ve got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the
first problem, discover the first sign of trouble. Like the farmer, if you want
any rewards at harvest time, you have got to be bold and face the weeds and the
rain and the bugs straight on. You’ve got to seize the moment.
4. Learn to be
humble but not timid.
humble but not timid.
You can’t get
to the high life by being timid. Some people mistake timidity for humility. But
humility is a virtue; timidity is a disease. It’s an affliction. It can be
cured, but it is a problem. Humility is almost a God-like word—a sense of awe,
a sense of wonder, an awareness of the human soul and spirit, an understanding
that there is something unique about the human drama versus the rest of life.
Humility is a grasp of the distance between us and the stars, yet having the
feeling that we’re part of the stars.
to the high life by being timid. Some people mistake timidity for humility. But
humility is a virtue; timidity is a disease. It’s an affliction. It can be
cured, but it is a problem. Humility is almost a God-like word—a sense of awe,
a sense of wonder, an awareness of the human soul and spirit, an understanding
that there is something unique about the human drama versus the rest of life.
Humility is a grasp of the distance between us and the stars, yet having the
feeling that we’re part of the stars.
5. Learn to be
proud but not arrogant.
proud but not arrogant.
It takes pride
to build your ambitions. It takes pride in your community. It takes pride in a
cause, in accomplishment. But the key to becoming a good leader is to be proud
without being arrogant. Do you know the worst kind of arrogance? Arrogance from
ignorance. It’s intolerable. If someone is smart and arrogant, we can tolerate that.
But if someone is ignorant and arrogant, that’s just too much to take.
to build your ambitions. It takes pride in your community. It takes pride in a
cause, in accomplishment. But the key to becoming a good leader is to be proud
without being arrogant. Do you know the worst kind of arrogance? Arrogance from
ignorance. It’s intolerable. If someone is smart and arrogant, we can tolerate that.
But if someone is ignorant and arrogant, that’s just too much to take.
Life is unique.
Leadership is unique. The skills that work well for one leader may not work at
all for another. However, the fundamental skills of leadership can be adopted
to work well for just about everyone: at work, in the community and at home.
Leadership is unique. The skills that work well for one leader may not work at
all for another. However, the fundamental skills of leadership can be adopted
to work well for just about everyone: at work, in the community and at home.
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