Lead From Your Heart

Love can reveal itself in the simplest of ways– by giving someone hope or telling a person that he or she is important.’

Humility begins and ends with four magical words: It’s not about you. It isn’t about deflecting compliments or projecting false modesty- it’s about demonstrating that whom you love, whom you care about, and whom you lead is more important than what you accomplish.’

When strong leaders embrace human dignity and care enough about whom they lead, they truly make their people partners in the organization’s pursuit of success.’

Whatever your job, title, or role, a passionate belief in what you do is often the difference between success and failure.’

Self-serving leaders value personal goals and agendas over the needs of the team. Heart-led leaders think in the ‘we’, while self-serving leaders are all about the ‘me.”

When people respect a leader– the person, not the position- they enthusiastically follow- at home, at work, in your community, even on the golf course!’

Heart-led leaders have the self-awareness to understand who they are and what’s important to them. They can step outside of themselves, giving themselves the ability not to see their own strengths and weaknesses but also to make decisions about how best to live their lives and serve those around them.’

When you choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong– even when no one is looking- you are truly leading with your heart.’

Heart-led leaders understand that transparency is the fastest way to foster trust, build teams, and grow relationships.’

Harboring ill will or negative feelings toward someone not only clouds our memory but also crowds our heart. The only way to make room for love, empathy, and compassion is to push hate and resentment out.’

Empathy makes an act of kindness more than a transition.’

Nothing better reveals who you are more than how you give to others.’

Source:

Tommy Spaulding (2015). The Heart Led Leader: How Living and Leading from the Heart Will Change Your Organization and Your Life

How To Say Yes To Your Life

When you choose yourself, it means a yes to your life.

Saying yes to your life is about being comfortable in your own skin, no matter where you are.

When you say yes to your life, you are saying no to distractions, to anger, to resentment, to failure, to fear, to negative people, fake friends.

Saying yes to your life starts with you. When it comes to embracing your life, no matter what you have gone through in your life, it is your responsibility to reset your life, to reposition yourself for greatness.

Beause you own your life. If you are not for your life, no one is going to be for it. And if you are against yourself, no one can help you.

That is why you must say yes to your life like your life depends on it. Because your life really depends on it.

Saying yes to your life starts with being honest with yourself. In the words of Gezim Gashi, ‘Being honest with yourself about the gap between where you are right now and where you want to be will allow you map your action steps.’

When you say yes to your life, you are in a whole new place in your life. You are a different human being. It means you are willing to do whatever it takes to take your life to the next level.

When you say yes to your life, it means you know what you want, how to get it, and where to get it. It means you know what is going on in your world. You are not too far from your own reality.

Because, according to Gezim, ‘the more you know about your current reality, the more likely it is you’ll be able to map your way to your vision.’

That is what saying yes to your life is about. It doesn’t mean you are better than other people. It doesn’t mean you are smarter than other people. It does not mean you are after what other people are doing. And it doesn’t mean you are not going to face issues in the future. You will, but you will know what to do when they do arrive.

Saying yes to your life means you are willing to do whatever it takes to stand up for yourself, no matter what. It means you are comfortable with yourself. It means you don’t have any problem being with yourself. It means you are not going to sell yourself short, no matter what.

Saying yes to yourself means you are not going to settle for anything less than what the Lord has created you to achieve.

If you do not know how to say no to distractions, I want you to remember this: Everything we do is a step towards our best self or away from it, toward some other possible of ourselves.’

So, what are you doing to move your life forward? What are you saying yes to? And what are you saying no to?

Source:

Gezim Gashi (2021). Unlocked: the power of You