Leadership is not defined by innate talents but by choosing to step outside one's comfort zone to accomplish difficult tasks. To become a leader, one must look within to identify innate talents, combine them with a desire to succeed and strong work ethic. A leader gains followers by sharing their vision and strategic plan, embracing different perspectives, and finding ways to overcome conflicts and learn from failures to continuously strengthen their skills.

1. Don't justjoinan organization,leadone
Today's worldislookingforleaders. While mostof usquestionourabilities,andourselveswe tendto
overlookourcapabilitiesandourexpertise. Lookdeeplywithinyourself andsee the inborntalentsyou
have. Combine thatviewwithyourdesire tosucceedandastrong workethic.You will become aleader.
A leaderisnota geniusor someone thatalwayshasnatural borntalents. Theyare people whochoose
to stepout of theircomfortzone and accomplish the difficulttasks. Alwaysunderstandother's
paradigmsandperspectives. Respectthose viewsandembrace the person. Thenshare yourvisionand
describe yourstrategicplan. Whenyouhave manypeople sharingavisionandbelieve itispossible,
your will become aleader. Youwill have takenthe firststepsinchangingsomethingandasyour skill set
as a leadergrows,youcan become as bigas youdesire. Whenyouface conflict,embrace the ideasand
searchfor waysto overcome them. Itwill make youstronger. Whenyouface failure,embrace itand
youwill learnhowtostrengthenoradjustyour plan. Failure,conflict,andchallengesmake youdevelop
your leadershipskills. Accomplishthe unthinkable.