Author: Bright Osadiaye

Founder and Editor-at-Large, recruitThebest.org

Why Passion Is Not Enough

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

‘Work today like no one else will so you can live tomorrow like no one else can.’

‘No one will value you if you don’t first value yourself.’

‘You’re never going to advance if you allow yourself to slide. … The ability to drive yourself past your comfort zone is the difference between a person who can run incredibly fast and an Olympic athlete.’

‘Say it, set it, do it. And then do it again!’

‘The moment you stop improving is the moment you stagnate.’

‘If we just show up when others don’t and outwork everyone else, we can accomplish great things in this world.’

‘When you can create exactly what your client needs without them even having to ask, price becomes an afterthought.’

‘Never forget that you are your own greatest resource. When you work harder than most, the world is there for the taking… and then, the changing.’

‘No one can toot your own horn like you can.’

‘Attitude is just as important as aptitude, possibly even more so.’

‘Where does the buck stop?

Source:

Liz Elting (2024). Dream Big and Win: Translating Passion into Purpose and Creating a Billion-Dollar Business

What Great Leaders Do

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

Leadership is self-leadership. To lead other people, you must first lead yourself. To develop other leaders, you must first put yourself through it.

‘You must develop the person before you begin developing the leader.’

‘It’s very difficult for people to rise up if their leader refuses to put the wind of development under their wings.’

‘Your ability to develop others is dependent on what you know and what you know how to do.’

‘The only way for any person to learn leadership is to lead. Leading isn’t a theoretical exercise.’

‘If you want to develop leaders, you need to encourage them to begin practicing their leadership and giving them a place to do it.’

‘When you develop leaders, you need to prepare them today to seize opportunities in the future based on their giftedness.’

‘When you develop leaders, the most important thing you can do is let them know what you’re thinking and why.’

‘As you develop leaders, help them to cultivate their creative thinking ability. Encourage them to push the boundaries of what’s possible.’

‘When people get to weigh in on their development, they more readily buy in to owning their personal growth progress.’

‘If you will sweat with your people, they can handle the heat.’

‘When people understand that you’re in it with them, they’re more likely to engage with you.’

Source:

John C. Maxwell (2023). The Ultimate Guide to Developing Leaders: Invest in People Like Your Future Depends on It