| It is understandable, given the amount of | | | | admit you to your mistakes but not be |
| leadership programs and novels (and articles, like | | | | transparent and genuine to their own? |
| this one funnily enough) flying around in this day | | | | 3. the number of people preaching their great |
| and age, that people have become deaf to the | | | | ideas at a team meeting but fail to lead it in the |
| buzz words and phrases that have been used. | | | | next one. |
| Some people may be very familiar with (which | | | | 4. the number of people who would say you |
| may have different meanings depending on how | | | | should focus on your strengths but spend 90% of |
| you rate their effectiveness): | | | | the time identifying your faults/weaknesses? |
| - Be the change you want to see around you | | | | The impression I get is that it is such a |
| (Mahatma Gandhi) | | | | conversation closer. I don't believe anyone would |
| - Lead by example (aka Walk the Talk) | | | | appreciate their comments being labeled as Cliches |
| - Conquer your fears (aka face yourself) | | | | if they truly had a powerful and good intent |
| - It does not matter if you win or lose, but how | | | | behind it. That my friends, is why i believe the |
| you play the game | | | | Cliche has killed leadership factories in the world |
| - It is not what you know it is who you know | | | | today. |
| (build networks) | | | | However, I'd like to be picky on the defining |
| - Every great journey starts with the first step | | | | element of "overused" in the word "Cliche" and |
| (variation of Confucious)... | | | | offer another angle to consider. If you look |
| ...and the list obviously goes on (thanks to our | | | | deeper into the traits of true and effective |
| great predecessors). | | | | leaders, would you not agree that the world could |
| It is however evidently noticeable that there is a | | | | use with a few more? For the people seeking to |
| crowd of individuals out there who would typically | | | | be a leaders for the new world, I'd say that the |
| dismiss your sharing of these great sayings by | | | | great words can never be overused. Because I |
| labeling them as "Cliched". Which is fair, given that | | | | am of the opinion, that an open-mind listens |
| a Cliche is something that has been so overused | | | | regardless of how many times it has heard and |
| that it lost all its color (much like washing a colored | | | | can recreate it into a fresh effective mix. I am of |
| T-shirt everyday for 30 days and it just fades). | | | | the believe if we could connect at the |
| I'd definitely attribute this to the amount of | | | | conversational level to some of the sayings, we |
| in-authenticity present within the personal | | | | might all well explore and enjoy a synergistic |
| development industry. I have undoubtedly seen so | | | | experience which wouldn't happen otherwise. |
| many contradictions within individuals actions (not | | | | True leadership can rise above societies norms |
| to be judgmental, for I am a retiring hypocrite | | | | and auto-defense mechanisms. In this day and |
| myself) that have sold them short in terms of | | | | age where knowledge transfer can be done at |
| transferring great knowledge. I mean, for | | | | the whim of a keyboard and mouse, maybe we |
| example let us take a look at: | | | | can all eventually come to understand each other |
| 1. the number of doctors who would prescribe | | | | as leaders in a world with no bounds. Hopefully, by |
| you health consultancy when they are working | | | | the time enough people agree with this article, the |
| over 16 hours a day under the influence of 10 | | | | concept of a Cliche will be a Cliche and we can all |
| coffees? | | | | progress towards a skittle-colored future. |
| 2. the number of senior managers that would | | | | |