| Will Rogers wrote "Know what you are doing. | | | | through you. |
| Love what you are doing. Believe in what you are | | | | Leaders who love what they do show the world |
| doing." And we must have all three in order to be | | | | through the results they achieve. These Leaders |
| effective Leaders. | | | | start acting out of love for fellow man and the |
| Know what you are doing is the first basic law for | | | | love of overcoming challenges. They push, pull, |
| anyone who is aspiring to be a more effective | | | | drag...whatever they have to do in order to get |
| Leader or anyone who wishes to take a | | | | their teammates moving in one direction or |
| Leadership role in their organization. | | | | another. |
| Leaders who do not know what they are doing | | | | They love the challenge because they know that |
| and who have not planned to learn what they | | | | in the end they will grow and stretch and change |
| need in order to become true Leaders are better | | | | to become better than before. Not only do they |
| off staying in the position they currently occupy. | | | | grow, their teams grow. This is true love of |
| Charging ahead without a clear purpose is the | | | | Leadership. |
| surest way to end up at the end of a dead end | | | | They also believe in what they are doing to the |
| road. | | | | physical and mental limits of the whole being. They |
| Action without knowledge is a clear sign that a | | | | never say die, they never quit, they never look |
| person is not ready to be a Leader. Leaders are | | | | back and say "Look what we could have done |
| lifelong learners and students of other Leaders. | | | | instead of this", and they don't know the meaning |
| They take the time to study first and thrive on | | | | of the word....stop. |
| learning new ways to complete challenges. | | | | True Leaders know that the path ahead maybe |
| Leaders love what they do. If they don't, they | | | | bumpy, filled with peril and uphill both ways. And |
| are not Leaders for long. The reason is, people | | | | they also know that in the end, the path will be |
| see through facades and false bravado like a | | | | traveled. And who better to do it, than the man |
| hungry dog at the butcher shop window. This is | | | | or woman who believes in themselves and the |
| from the oldest truism around. "You can fool | | | | people they lead. |
| some of the people all of the time but not all of | | | | Know, Love, Believe. Three simple words with a |
| the people all of the time." Eventually they will see | | | | lot of power for Leaders. |