Redefinition

1. Self Awareness Most times in my journey of speaking to people and learning leadership, I have come to realize that you can't lead if you don't know. Permit me to say it this way, that if you don't know yourself and understand yourself, you can't lead anyone! You can only manage people and that is not leadership. Self awareness in Leadership is the knowledge and understanding of your own character. Self awareness is the understanding and knowing the origin/content/traits of your character This means to uncover the hidden treasure about your hidden you by the creator (God). A wise man once said "the strength of a leader is based on his self awareness or discovery." When a man discovers himself then he can lead with purpose and vision. So a leader first discovers himself and leads himself through the discovery he had made, this defines his core values and message. John C. Maxwell in his words defined a leader as "One who knows the w...

Lots of people have told their success stories and the hidden failures in the stories. So many of these stories are anchored on one word DEDICATION. I have not paid much attention to the word and what it implies not until I saw the image below. Discussing purpose brought me to this point. I searched for the meaning of the word on dictionary, I also went through the internet to see what I could get. Guess what? To dedicate is to give a lot of time and effort to a particular activity or PURPOSE because you think it's important. Dedication also on the other hand is the hard work and effort that somebody puts into an activity or PURPOSE because they think it is important. Wow!!! Committing to your PURPOSE till it turns out a reality because you believe in it and because it is dear/important to you. Sincerely, it rang in my mind that why a lot of people have not really achieved their purpose or targets in life is that they have not seen how important it is for them to c...