Know, Love and Believe in Being a Leader

Will Rogers wrote "Know what you are doing.through you.
Love what you are doing. Believe in what you areLeaders who love what they do show the world
doing." And we must have all three in order to bethrough 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 forlove of overcoming challenges. They push, pull,
anyone who is aspiring to be a more effectivedrag...whatever they have to do in order to get
Leader or anyone who wishes to take atheir teammates moving in one direction or
Leadership role in their organization.another.
Leaders who do not know what they are doingThey love the challenge because they know that
and who have not planned to learn what theyin the end they will grow and stretch and change
need in order to become true Leaders are betterto 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 theLeadership.
surest way to end up at the end of a dead endThey 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 anever say die, they never quit, they never look
person is not ready to be a Leader. Leaders areback 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 onof 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, theybumpy, filled with peril and uphill both ways. And
are not Leaders for long. The reason is, peoplethey also know that in the end, the path will be
see through facades and false bravado like atraveled. And who better to do it, than the man
hungry dog at the butcher shop window. This isor woman who believes in themselves and the
from the oldest truism around. "You can foolpeople they lead.
some of the people all of the time but not all ofKnow, Love, Believe. Three simple words with a
the people all of the time." Eventually they will seelot of power for Leaders.