Are you drawing the best out of yourself?
Published: Tue, 06/28/11
Greetings, Eric Wilkes here.
I'm just recovering from an all
night fishing adventure here in
AZ. It was a lot of fun and we got
to catch a few fish which we are
going to fry up tomorrow night.
While I was relaxing in the canoe
(having a few beers), it got me
thinking about life. I tend to do that
during these little adventures. It was
quiet, no one else was on the water,
it was dark, you couldn't see 2 feet
in front of you, all I had was the
feeling of freedom and when a fish
tugged on my line!
So I had a lot of time to reflect
and it made me ask myself whether or not
I was drawing the best out of myself. Being
a leader means accepting responsibility. Not
just for myself, but for people like you. I
understand that if I fail, there are a lot of
others who are more important who also
fail. If I don't give it my all everyday, why
would you? It's our duty as leaders to stand
up and drive the front of the bus versus
pushing from the rear. You lead by being out
in front and pulling people with you. There's
an old saying "You can't push a rope" but you
sure can pull it.
In our industry the way you become successful
is by charging forward with your head down
and every once in a while you look up, turn
around and let your team know "Here's what I
did" and pull them along with you. Lock-arms
with the ones who grab on and leave the rest
behind, they'll bring you down, slow you down
and cause you headache after headache. I like
to say "Flush them down the toilet", they weren't
your friends anyway and don't deserve you. Move
on!
I'll leave you with this, Leadership, business, and
success is an art and science, it can be learned by
anyone just like riding a bike. It's a process but
I believe everyone has great potential if you're willing
to work hard, have an open mind and give it your all.
Connect soon.
To YOUR success,
Eric Wilkes