15 Power Packed Action Tips To Empower You To Be A Leader In Your Organization. Inspirational advice that will help you embrace your strengths, be courageous and find success in everything you do at work and in your personal life.
1. BE YOUR OWN SHERO
THE LEADER IN YOU
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2. WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER
‣ Feel Empowered: Confidence is a muscle you use every day.
‣ Embrace Your Strengths: See yourself the way others do.
‣ Take Action: Best practices become a daily ritual.
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3. The Leader In You- Be Your Own Shero
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear.”
- Mark Twain
‣ Visualize getting to yes. In any scenario, the goal is to find a
way to feel good and say YES! I did it. What does that look like to
you?
‣ What is your biggest fear? Each of us holds ourselves back
worrying about something. What is it that keeps you up at night?
Imagine that it just vanished away. What does that feel like?
Every time you self-doubt remember what it felt like to feel the
weight lifted.
‣ Explore the unknown. Raise your hand, volunteer before you
are ready. Why not you? Everyone had to learn sometime. Take
advantage of your skills and love to learn what you don’t know
already.
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5. The Leader In You- Be Your Own Shero
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
- Maya Angelou
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‣ Savor Your Victories: Life rushes by and we tend to dismiss
our wins, as “oh it was nothing”. On the contrary! This is your
time to celebrate all the amazing things you have
accomplished and tap into that feeling.
‣ Lasting Impression: How did others respond to your actions
in a difficult situation? What did you put on rewind and what
you change? Don’t dwell on the rewind learn from it and move
on.
‣ Enjoy the ride: If life was perfect-how boring! Each time you
try something you make progress and along the way you are
creating the “I CAN” belief in yourself.
6. The Leader In You- Be Your Own Shero
“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the
length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”
- Diane Ackerman
‣ Believe. You might be thinking “I am the only one who has to face
this, or do this or…fill in the blank”. Know and believe you are not
alone. Others have taken this path and succeed before you.
‣ Accept Imperfection: The notation that life is like the
movies…well we all know it isn’t. You can create your own story
with an ending that is even better if you allow yourself to be good
enough just as you are.
‣ Ask For Help: You have a best friend? She is only a call (or text!)
away. Don’t think you are a hero for going it by yourself. The true
heroine gets help when she needs it.
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7. “DON’T BE AFRAID TO GIVE UP THE GOOD TO GO FOR THE GREAT.”
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
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8. The Leader In You- Be Your Own Shero
“You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them.”
- Michael Jordan
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‣ Be Thankful: Whenever we start to feel bad about a situation
we tend to forget about all that we have in our lives that is
going well. When we express gratitude it immediately makes
us feel invincible.
‣ Be Generous: You have so many gifts that you are taken for
granted. That skill that everyone comes to you for…use it to
help someone in need. Watch how it makes you feel inside!
‣ Feel the Adrenaline Rush: If you haven’t exercised out in
awhile this is the time. It gives clarity, builds stamina and you
will forget everything you worried about and feel totally
confident after accomplishing anything on your schedule.
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“We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.”
- Oprah Winfrey
‣ Start with what you know: Ask 10 people to write down 3 of
your strengths. Now you do it. Are they the same? Make it a
best practice to embrace and share what others see in you.
‣ Visualize getting to yes: In any scenario, the goal is to find a
way to feel good and say YES! I did it. What does that look like to
you? Share enthusiasm and your leadership vision with your
team.
‣ Imagine A Time When: You felt invincible. What did it feel like?
Write it down! Set a daily intention to tap into your inner strength.
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10. “THE MIND IS EVERYTHING. WHAT YOU THINK YOU BECOME.”
- BUDDHA
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