In ancient history there were several leaders, who create an inspiring vision of the future, motivates people to engage with the vision & manages the delivering of the vision and works as a team in order to achieve the vision
Self leadership is something, where one has to inspire, motivate and provoke his hidden talents and has the ability to stay highly focused on the vision and must be able to take a stand fearlessly. Must be able to face any adverse situation that comes to your way.
Essentials of self leadership
- Inspire
- Motivate
- Good listener
- Honest / Trustworthy
- Open – Minded
- Great communicator
- Positive attitude; especially in the face of adversity
- Admits when wrong
- Takes action
- Knows when to follow
- Humility
- Self leadership is not managing others. It is about leading yourself
4 Pillars of self leadership
- Knowing who you are
- Knowing what you do
- Knowing what you need to learn
- Using what you know
- Knowing who you are: Involves in
What you believe in
What importance
You goals
- Knowing what you do:
Your behaviors
Your motivations
- Knowing what you need to learn
Identifying learning points
Setting up learning plan
- Using what you know
Building successful habits to support the pillar creating an environment for success.
How to pertain Self leadership qualities
- Respect
- Open mindedness
- Honesty
- Ambition
- Communication
- Clarity
- Humor
- Thought fullness
Self management:
A person as to take his own decision like;
- Does the decision align with you?
- Values / Vision / Mission / Life purpose?
- Makes easily to say “No”
- Helps you manage your time
- Keeps you focused on what’s importance to you.
Pitfalls:
Fear of failure / Success: A person has to go through this phase in order to achieve the leadership qualities. He will be having the fear of failure / Success of such mission. We are continually faced by great opportunities; it’s our duty to turn it to a success or failure.
Predetermined Attitude: Whatever the assumption that have been made with the past experiences, we have to make in to beliefs put in to actions, in order to achieve our future goals.
Need to be right: The actions that have to impose / need to be right. The way you see the problem is the way you solve the procedure. If you see in a positive way, you will be able to solve positively & vice versa.
Negative feedback: Always take the negative feedback as positive remarks. This will help you to learn more keenly and helps you to think, where you are lacking so that you are able to correct yourself in such areas.
Lack of clear direction of purpose: If the purpose of one vision or direction is not clear to then you cannot go ahead and improve your skills. Make sure your vision is clear to achieve your goals.
How to improve self leadership qualities:
- Strive for continuous self improvement
- Be yourself
- Believes in yourself
- Be honestly to yourself
- Trust yourself
- Keeping a positive attitude
- Be a good listener
- Try to communicate more
- Have a clear vision
- Don’t take anything personally
- Don’t make assumptions
- Be impeachable with your word
- Always do your best
Self leadership is a mindset and attitude not a position. They learn & they work to improve themselves through reflection, feedback, Self development
But not become someone other than who they already are in.