PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL LEADERSHIP

3. BEGIN WITH THE END
IN MIND- A HABIT OF
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
PEOPLE

5. PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL
LEADERSHIP
• What lies behind us and what lies before us
A tiny matters
Compared to what lies within us
Oliver Wendell Holmes

6. What’s inside?
Mental
creation
Choosing
a life
center
Personal
mission
statement

7. THE MENTAL CREATION
THE MENTAL CREATION
Starts with a clear understanding of your destination.

8. ALL THINGS ARE CREATED
TWICE
• Mental or first creation
• Physical or second creation

11. Take responsibility of
both creations in life
Whether we are aware or not, we are either second
creation of our proactive model or second creation
of other people’s opinions and prejudices.

12. LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT
• Management is the bottom line focus: How can I
best accomplish certain things?
• Leadership deals with the top line; What are the
things I want to accomplish?
• Management is doing things right - efficient
• Leadership is doing the right things -
effectiveness

13. • “Leaders are like eagles; they don’t
flock; you find them one at a time”

14. Become your own first
creator
 Don’t let people decide your future, decide it by yourself.
 Don’t become the second creation of others rather
become the first creation of your own self.

15. Personal mission
statement
• Most effective way to begin with end is to
develop a personal mission statement
• A personal mission statement is like a credo or
motto that states what your life is about

16. Mission Statements
• Listen twice as much as you speak
• Plan tomorrow work today

17. Choosing a life center
In order to write a personal mission statement we
must begin at the very centre of our influence that
centre composed of our most basic paradigms, the
lens through which we see the world.

19. ALTERNATIVE CENTERS
o Spouse Centerness
o Family Centerness
o Money Centerness
o Work Centerness
o Possessions Centerness
o Pleasure Centerness
o Enemy Centerness

20. CONCLUSIONS
“If you fail to plan, you will plan to fail”
 “Don’t be caught in the THICK of thin things”
 “Lead your own life, and let yourself decide who you
want to be”

21. “Having no end in mind is a
problem, but having an end that
leads us in the wrong direction
can be even a bigger problem”

22. “Life is short since your destiny is still
uncertain, why not make it
extraordinary? Always set goals and
begin with the end in mind and you can
be anything you want to”