| Leadership development is all about preparing a | | | | No way around this, and the harder you try to |
| person to achieve greatness... a thing which every | | | | find the shortcut, the longer it will take you to |
| aspiring leader is interested in. So why is it that | | | | achieve the result that you want. Just think about |
| with all the leadership development training | | | | this: everything around you which is great is made |
| available that leaders still struggle to achieve | | | | up of many small things. The problem is that too |
| greatness? This is a question I spend every day | | | | many of us look at small and "insignificant" actions |
| of my life working on, and having trained dozens | | | | and the small and "insignificant" results of those |
| of leaders and coached hundreds of | | | | actions and assume that they're "not a big deal in |
| entrepreneurs, I've found that there are a few | | | | the scheme of things." |
| simple reasons why many leaders fail to reach | | | | The problem is that it's these "insignificant" actions |
| greatness... this article will reveal the simplest one... | | | | which become our habits, and as we develop |
| The Irony of Achieving Greatness | | | | these habits, they in turn develop our character. |
| Every aspiring leader wants to achieve greatness, | | | | After enough of this "it's no big deal" decision |
| it's what excites them and fills them with a sense | | | | making, a person finds themselves immersed in a |
| of purpose. However, few leaders dream of | | | | mess of habits that are sabotaging their ability to |
| achieving small things, and that's the reason why | | | | achieve greatness. |
| so many great dreams never come to life and | | | | There's only one way out of this cycle... |
| great leaders are never born. I believe that Jim | | | | Nothing is Trivial, Nothing |
| Rohn was speaking of this when he said: | | | | The little things become the big things, and you |
| "The things which make a person successful are | | | | need to start treating the little things like the big |
| easy to do, but they're also easy NOT to do." | | | | things. It's true that many people miss the bigger |
| You see, the secret to greatness is not to focus | | | | things in life because they're caught up in "the |
| on achieving greatness. The secret is to focus on | | | | thick of thin things." However, more often people |
| achieving small things with the great thing always | | | | fail to reach greatness because they're looking for |
| in mind. You'll never achieve greatness overnight, | | | | some "big bang" and treating the small every day |
| because greatness can only be achieved through | | | | habits of their life as trivial. |
| the development of internal character... and | | | | Nothing is trivial when it comes to building |
| character requires consistent development of | | | | character and achieving greatness. Nothing. |
| small habits over a period of time. | | | | |