Leaders are not born, they’re made
Legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi once said, “Leaders are not born, they’re made.” While it sounds very cliché, it’s true. No one is born a leader. We all work our way up to become leaders. We had to develop skills, use our strengths, mitigate our weaknesses, and – most importantly – learn from our failures.
I recently read an article by Brendan Keegan in Entrepreneur where he explained four steps anyone can take to become a leader. The four steps are:
- Acknowledge you are a leader
To maximize your leadership potential, you must acknowledge that you are a leader. Many leaders have self-doubt, but Keegan points out that it’s important that we ask ourselves how we can learn as leaders. We will all fail at some point. Failure is OK if we learn from it. What lessons can we take and how can we lead our team forward?
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