"No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness."
- Aristotle
You know why I love the Morning Motivator?! It is a peer group of GENIUS level business and social leaders. HELL YES I said it! WE are the best of the best. The GENIUSES of society understand that the DOERS are the ones that drive change. The followers try to influence… repeat, TRY.
As a LEADER, you will often encounter a backlash of support from people that are embattled with a duality of roles – leader of the followers. These people will PUBLICLY question your intelligence, morality, resilience and yes, your leadership. They will seek to PAINT you to be a "loose cannon," whose sole goal is self-fulfillment.
Alas, when called to ACTION, these same people will cower and run. They seek SHELTER amongst the masses of followers, awaiting their turn to lash back to the front of the crowd, no doubt with the mob behind them, to question your actions… yet again!
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
So how does this relate to your being a GENIUS? It is your ability to OVERCOME these proprietors of pestering, while BOLDLY continuing to lead for the benefit of your business and community as a whole.
It is your BROAD understanding of how people function and their fears of leadership that will allow you to ASCEND above the people seeking to hold you back. It is your acceptance that you are not the smartest, most experienced or most talented – which takes great GENIUS and HUMILITY to recognize, rather, your WILLINGNESS to SERVE selflessly for the betterment of your people.
Will you gain personally? Of course! That is a byproduct of leadership. The GAINS are truly made though when you fairly and respectively represent your people as their LEADER.
Cheers,
Zach
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