How To Be A Leader - Leadership Secrets Revealed!
Summary
TLDRIn this insightful episode, Leo from Actualised.org explores the profound concept of leadership, emphasizing its relevance to everyone—not just CEOs or corporate leaders. He discusses the evolution from forceful leadership to consensus-building, highlighting the importance of vision and dissatisfaction as catalysts for change. Leo outlines the core skills needed to be an effective leader, such as being a visionary, conflict resolver, and facilitator. Drawing from Evan Pagans' seminar and Napoleon Hill's 'Think and Grow Rich,' he provides eight key roles and ten essential qualities of successful leadership, as well as ten common pitfalls to avoid. Leo's ultimate vision for viewers is to inspire them to embark on their own 'hero's journey,' finding a cause larger than themselves and growing into powerful leaders capable of making a significant impact on the world.
Takeaways
- 🌟 Leadership is essential for living a fulfilling life and making a significant impact on the world.
- 🛠️ Leadership is not just for CEOs or big businesses; it's relevant for everyone, including small businesses, social circles, and personal relationships.
- 💡 Modern leadership is about leading by consensus building, not by force or control.
- 🔮 A leader must have the ability to envision a better future and communicate this vision effectively to inspire others.
- 🤔 Leadership begins with dissatisfaction; it starts when you're unhappy with the status quo and want to make a change.
- 🚀 Leaders have a strong vision and are able to articulate it with passion, conviction, and integrity to motivate others.
- 🧩 A leader must understand systems and how to affect change within them, requiring a deep knowledge of the specific domain they are leading.
- 💪 Leaders need unwavering courage, self-control, and the ability to take responsibility for themselves and their actions.
- 🤝 Leadership involves cooperation and the ability to align different agendas and values towards a common goal.
- 🛑 Avoiding common pitfalls such as selfishness, fear of competition, and an overemphasis on authority is crucial for effective leadership.
- 🏔️ Personal development is vital for leaders, as it enables them to master themselves and their psychology before they can lead and influence others.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video by Leo from Actualised.org?
-The main topic of the video is about understanding and becoming a leader. It explores the concept that leadership is not just for CEOs or corporate leaders but is relevant for everyone in various aspects of life.
What does Leo suggest is the first realization when studying leadership?
-Leo suggests that the first realization when studying leadership is that one needs to be a leader to live a full life, as leadership is not just for those in high corporate positions but is essential for contributing powerfully to the world.
According to Leo, what is a common misconception about leadership?
-A common misconception about leadership, according to Leo, is that it is about fighting for power and control. However, he clarifies that modern leadership is not about control but about building consensus and creating a better future for everyone involved.
What does Leo emphasize as the starting point for all leadership?
-Leo emphasizes that all leadership starts with dissatisfaction. A leader must be dissatisfied with the status quo and conceive of a better world to initiate change.
What is the core skill of leadership according to the video?
-According to the video, the core skill of leadership is visioning—the ability to imagine a better future for others, communicate it effectively, and inspire them to work towards that vision.
What does Leo describe as the problem with the common masses in terms of visioning?
-Leo describes the problem with the common masses as being stuck in present circumstances, unable to see a compelling and powerful future. This is where a leader serves as a proxy visionary for those who lack vision.
What does Leo suggest is the leader's role in relation to reality and change?
-Leo suggests that the leader's role is to detach from present limitations, envision the potential future, and then communicate this vision to others, guiding them towards change and improvement.
What are the eight key roles of a leader as mentioned by Leo?
-The eight key roles of a leader, as mentioned by Leo, are: visionary, aligner, conflict resolver, creator, motivator, conscious role model, facilitator, and bringer of people from the known to the unknown.
What are the ten key qualities of leadership according to Napoleon Hill's book 'Think and Grow Rich'?
-The ten key qualities of leadership from Napoleon Hill's book are unwavering courage, self-control, a keen sense of justice, definiteness of decision, definiteness of plans, the habit of doing more than paid for, a pleasing personality, sympathy and understanding, mastery of detail, willingness to assume full responsibility, and cooperation.
What are the ten failure points for leadership as outlined by Napoleon Hill?
-The ten failure points for leadership, according to Napoleon Hill, are inability to organize details, unwillingness to render humble service, expectation of pay for mere knowledge, gathering of knowledge without application, fear of competition from followers, lack of imagination, selfishness, temperance or anger, disloyalty, emphasis of the authority of leadership, and emphasis of title.
What is Leo's vision for the viewers of his Actualised.org videos?
-Leo's vision for the viewers is for them to find a cause worth fighting for, to embark on their hero's journey, and to develop themselves into fully realized leaders capable of making a positive change in the world. He wants them to live life to the fullest and experience the highest joys of life.
Outlines
🌟 The Essence of Leadership
Leo from Actualised.org introduces the topic of leadership, emphasizing its importance for personal and societal growth. He dispels the myth that leadership is about power and control, instead highlighting its role in contributing to the world. Leo stresses that leadership is not exclusive to CEOs or high-ranking officials but is a skill relevant to everyone, from small business owners to individuals in their personal relationships. He references insights from Evan Pagans' seminar and Napoleon Hill's 'Think and Grow Rich,' noting that leadership starts with dissatisfaction and the desire to create a better future.
🚀 Vision and the Role of a Leader
This paragraph delves into the core skill of leadership, which is visioning. Leo explains that a leader must be able to imagine and articulate a compelling future that excites and motivates followers. He discusses the challenge of quantifying the quality of a vision and the importance of being a visionary who can see past the present limitations to a greater potential. The leader's task is to serve as a proxy visionary for those who cannot envision a better future for themselves, their businesses, or their societies.
🛤️ The Journey of a Leader
Leo discusses the leader's journey, starting with dissatisfaction and the conception of a better world. He emphasizes the importance of being able to communicate this vision effectively. The leader must be able to see a future that others cannot and inspire them to work towards it. He also touches on the inertia of systems and the leader's role in shifting the center of gravity to effect change, comparing the process to an explorer venturing into the unknown.
🛡️ Leadership and Evolution
In this section, Leo addresses the misconception that staying in one's comfort zone is safe. He argues that evolution and change are the only constants in reality, making adaptability and the ability to progress essential for survival. The leader's role is to convince others that embracing change and evolution is safer and more exciting than remaining stagnant. Leo also emphasizes the importance of having a realistic plan and understanding how systems work to effect change.
🏆 Key Roles and Qualities of a Leader
Leo outlines the eight key roles of a leader as identified by Eben Pagan, including being a visionary, aligning agendas, resolving conflicts, and being a role model. He also lists ten key qualities of successful leadership from Napoleon Hill, such as unwavering courage, self-control, and a keen sense of justice. Additionally, he presents ten failure points that leaders should avoid, such as an inability to organize details and a lack of imagination.
🛑 Personal Development and Leadership
Leo stresses the importance of personal development for leadership, stating that one must master themselves before they can lead others. He argues that personal development is crucial for self-leadership, managing fears, self-talk, and influences. He also encourages learning about systems and niche-specific knowledge to become an effective leader within various contexts.
🗝️ The Hero's Journey and Personal Vision
In this paragraph, Leo shifts the focus to the individual's journey, encouraging each person to find their own cause worth fighting for and to embark on their hero's journey. He emphasizes the importance of living a life dedicated to something larger than oneself and the fulfillment that comes from conquering personal challenges to become a powerful leader capable of making a difference in the world.
🏔️ Climbing Your Personal Everest
Leo uses the metaphor of climbing Mount Everest to illustrate the journey of self-improvement and leadership. He describes the transformation one undergoes in the process of climbing, comparing the initial self to a small, petty person at the base and the evolved self standing triumphantly at the summit. This personal victory represents self-conquest and the achievement of a higher consciousness, leading to a life of no regrets and deep gratitude.
🌈 Envisioning a Life of Fulfillment
The final paragraph is a call to action, urging viewers to consider their vision for the world and what they are willing to fight for. Leo shares his vision for the viewers, which is for them to live life to the fullest, to find deep satisfaction and connection to life, and to die with no regrets. He invites viewers to subscribe to his newsletter for more insights on self-actualization and leadership.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Leadership
💡Visionary
💡Dissatisfaction
💡Consensus Building
💡Personal Development
💡Self-Leadership
💡Hero's Journey
💡Empowerment
💡Influence
💡Resistance
💡Evolution
💡Fulfillment
Highlights
Leadership is essential for living a full life and contributing to the world.
Leadership is not just for CEOs or corporate leaders but is relevant for everyone, including small business owners and individuals in personal relationships.
Leadership begins with self-leadership and dissatisfaction with the status quo, which drives the desire to create a better future.
Modern leadership is about consensus building rather than controlling or fighting for power.
Leadership involves envisioning a better future and communicating this vision effectively to inspire others.
A leader must be a visionary, able to imagine and articulate a compelling future that others will follow.
Leadership is about shifting the center of gravity of a system and moving everyone in the right direction with a cohesive vision.
People often resist change due to their comfort zones, but leaders must show that evolution and change are necessary for safety and progress.
Leadership requires a realistic plan and the ability to shape the world, not just to have visions or talk about them.
Leaders must understand systems and how to effect change within them, which involves multiple perspectives and conflict resolution.
Leaders must be able to stand firm during chaos and champion their vision even when others are losing their heads.
Leadership involves taking full responsibility and being comfortable outside of one's comfort zone.
Leaders must manage their own fears, stresses, self-talk, and influences to effectively lead themselves and others.
Eight key roles of a leader include being a visionary, aligner, conflict resolver, creator, motivator, role model, facilitator, and bringer of people into the unknown.
Ten key qualities for successful leadership from Napoleon Hill include unwavering courage, self-control, a keen sense of justice, and cooperation.
Ten failure points in leadership include an inability to organize details, unwillingness to render humble service, and emphasis on authority or title.
Leadership is a holistic development of one's being, requiring growth in body, mind, emotions, and skills.
The speaker's vision for the audience is to help them find a cause worth fighting for and to live a life larger than themselves.
Leadership is about conquering oneself and experiencing the highest beauties and joys of life, leading to no regrets.
Transcripts
hey this is Leo for actualised org and
in this episode I'm going to talk about
how to become a leader leadership is a
very very interesting topic and I didn't
realize how deep this topic went until I
took some seminars I really started to
delve deeper as far as research goes
into this topic and one of the first
things you start to realize when you
start studying leadership is that you
really need to be a leader in order to
live a full life leadership is not just
something that's reserved for CEOs or
some corporate bigwigs like we would
stereotypically think in fact what I'm
trying to recognize the more I study it
is that the greatest joys in life come
from leadership because the greatest
joys in life can only come when you're
contributing to the world and to
contribute powerfully to the world you
really need to become a leader so this
video is relevant for pretty much
everybody leadership is not just for big
business leadership is for yourself as
in leading yourself that's where all
leadership starts leadership is also for
small businesses even if you have a
one-man shop business or just a couple
of people in your business leadership is
very relevant leadership is important
with your social circle with your
friends leadership is important for your
marriage or for your intimate
relationship because whether you know it
or not you actually either are serving
as a leader in that relationship or
you're not and if you're not then you're
not going to be getting good results and
leadership is important for community if
you want to have an impact on your
community
a lot of the ideas I'm gonna be sharing
with you here are insights that I got
from Evan pagans amazing seminar on
leadership and after I watched that
seminar and I took a lot of notes and
did a lot of exercises from that seminar
and had a lot of insights about
leadership there and also going to be
sharing some insights from Napoleon
Hills classic book Think and Grow Rich
which has a section on leadership and
has some really good points about how to
be a powerful leader we've got to start
by clearing up a common misconception I
think this is just intuitively something
that we kind of a sue about leadership
is that we tend to think that well
what's a leader a leader is someone who
fights for power and control right well
actually wrong that's not what
leadership is leadership is not about
controlling or fighting for power that's
a very antiquated notion of leadership
that's leadership
2,000 years ago that's not modern
leadership and leadership in fact by
force the kind of leadership that you
would see in Empire builders from
previous generations or there's a few
more despots and authoritative
authoritarian rulers left in the world
so some of them rule by force but if you
look at history and you look at
evolution which you find is that
throughout human civilization over the
last 10,000 years or so what's been
happening is that there was a rise of
Empires and there was a rise of
leadership by force but then what
started happening is actually that
leadership started dying out and that's
because leadership by force is not
sustainable not over the long run and
why is that well because people actually
don't like being led by force instead
what people want is the modern leader
and the modern leader is someone who
leads by consensus building very
different it's not about leadership for
egos sake
or for taking control over a society or
a culture or people or a business it's
about coming up with a more powerful
future for everyone involved who's
following you and it all has to start
with some dissatisfaction all leadership
starts with dissatisfaction
so you're dissatisfied with the status
quo for some reason in whatever context
your leader in right and you can be a
leader in in all these different
contexts but let's say you're
dissatisfied with some element of
society the way society is structured
society is a system right so there's
something that you're not happy with and
it arcs you and then as the leader what
happens is that you basically start to
think about well how can we make it
better and what you do is you conceive
of a better world and as soon as you're
able to conceive of a better world than
what currently exists then right there
the seed is planted for you to lead
others at its core as a leader you need
to be able to imagine a better future
and communicate it to others very
effectively and because of this the core
skill of leadership is something very
interesting it's the ability to see the
future it's being a visionary as a
leader you have to see a greater future
for other people your followers then
they see for themselves and you need to
be able to communicate this vision that
you have with passion conviction
integrity and emotion so the key skill
of being a leader is visioning how good
are you at that skill visioning the
visioning skill in its basic form a
vision is simply a clearer picture of
the future for whatever change you want
to make plus emotional charge
not enough just to have any old random
vision but you need to have a compelling
vision an inspiring vision something
that when people see it when they hear
it they get fired up they get excited
about the future they want to go out
there and actually create it and that's
what really powerful visionaries
throughout history have done is they've
been able to formulate a vision that's
so strong of the future that their
followers buy in and then their
followers can go fight to the death in
the most extreme circumstances for that
vision to materialize because they
believe in it so much but it's very
interesting because all of that starts
with just this very ethereal thing
called a vision and how do you quantify
if a vision is a high quality vision or
a low quality vision kind of hard it's a
nebulous thing and yet that's what the
leader excels at is that he's able to
work with these nebulous things called
visions and he's able to articulate very
powerful visions that typical people are
not able to articulate see there's a
problem with the common masses and it
really is kind of a problem of
homeostasis
I just recently shot a video about
homeostasis but it is also the case that
not only as individuals do we have
homeostasis but as a collective we have
homeostasis this which means that any
system that you try to change and that's
what leadership is about as changing
systems means that you have to shift its
center of gravity and every system
almost by definition has a center of
gravity doesn't that doesn't want a
shift it has a certain inertia to it and
so the leaders job is figuring out how
do we shift that center of gravity how
do we get everyone moving in the right
direction and that can only happen with
a cohesive vision but interestingly
enough most people are stuck so badly in
present circumstances that they're not
able to see a really compelling powerful
future of what their life could be like
or what society could be like or what
business could be like or what the
family could be like or what this
marriage could be like or what their
personal lives could be like right most
people don't think that far ahead most
people aren't bad visionaries and so the
leaders job is to serve as the proxy
visionary for those people who lack
vision and creating a powerful vision
can be difficult most people are so
stuck in the present moment
they're so crippled by their immediate
problems and needs and their own
selfishness that they're not able to see
their own greatness their own potential
or the potential of this business or
this society or this culture or this
relationship they're not able to see
past themselves the leader is able to
see past himself and in a sense the
leader kind of lives in his own little
bubble of fantasy really he lives in a
higher reality than the average person
because the average person is so
concerned with what reality is right now
that they become stuck in it mired in it
like in quicksand the leader though is
able to detach from present limitations
in reality and see the potential in the
future and then tell everybody around
him hey reality is this way but it can
be that way too
let's work towards that over there and
to do that he has to be in in his own
little bubble of reality because it's
interesting how reality works is that
reality is what it is until it becomes
something that it wasn't and once it
does become something that it wasn't
then people look back and say oh this is
so obvious it should always been this
way and yet all these same people when
they existed prior to the change they
resisted the change and in fact they
said the change was impossible the
change was crazy was not going to work
and they laughed at the leader and they
called him a space cadet and they called
him crazy and they called him weird
names and made fun of him and criticized
him but the leader he had
such a powerful vision that he was able
to persevere past all that nonsense and
he was able to bring everyone along with
him into the future he didn't just go
himself but he went to the Future
himself first in his mind then he got
everybody else to somehow come along
with him for the ride not in his mind
but actually in reality and through this
means you can create huge changes in
reality if that's something you're
interested in and I hope that you are
because I think that this is where you
can get the most fulfillment in life
where the the sweetest joys of life come
here is when you're able to shape
reality for the better I don't know how
else to describe it it's a it's an
amazing feeling when you're able to do
that when you're able to have that kind
of impact and I think it's one of those
P experiences that very few people in
life get to savor because they're just
so stuck being part of the middling
masses and they miss out I think we need
a lot more leaders in this world a lot
more people who understand what
leadership is and who understand that
leadership is not just like I said for
some you know CEO and a fortune 500
company but it's for you for a normal
everyday person and if you're a CEO and
a fortune 500 company it's is for you
too right it's for everybody the leader
needs to know how to rally people by
showing them that change and evolution
is in fact safer than staying in your
comfort zone so when I talk about that
center of gravity that homeostasis what
that is really is that that's the minds
default tendency to want to stay in
comfort zone the human mind wants to do
this and also human social systems
behave this way too we have these
comfort zones and we don't want to
change and whenever someone comes in
there says hey let's evolve let's
progress to the next tier let's
transcend all this stuff that we've been
mired in what do people do usually what
they do is they pull
their pitchforks and they get the noose
and they start lighting the bonfire kind
of thing right because people are very
afraid of breaking out of their comfort
zone
except what the leader realizes is that
actually evolution is the way to be the
most safe in this reality because in
this reality the only constant is change
stuff is changing all the time we live
in a competitive environment businesses
are competing organisms are competing
species are competing who knows maybe
planets and solar systems will be
competing when we discover some nearby
neighbors right so life is about
competition and it's about evolution and
so if you want to survive and one of the
reasons that human beings have been so
prosperous as a species on this planet
is because we've been very adaptable and
we've been able to evolve in all these
different extreme circumstances into all
these different extreme environments
well how does that happen
in large part that happens because we've
had powerful leaders right but just
because that evolution is happening
doesn't mean that everyone is going
along with that there's been a lot of
resistance and if you're a student of
history you know how much resistance has
existed since since prehistory to all
these changes that society has
experienced so it's really cool that as
a leader your job is to go out there to
convince people that hey if you want to
be safe staying in your comfort zone
that's not actually the best way it
seems like it'll be the safest way but
actually counterintuitive if you do that
you're going to go the way of the
dinosaurs which is not what we want plus
it's not nearly as exciting as doing
something new and fresh and progressive
don't confuse leadership and being a
visionary with idealism it's not that
you need to have a vision you need to
have a dream as Martin Luther King would
say but you also need a realistic plan
see being a leader means you need to
have the ability to shape the world not
just talk and be a demagogue and be a
preacher but also actually get [ __ ] done
so you need to be able to build
realistic plans based on your visions
and one of the most challenging things
for a leaders that the leader needs to
learn and understand how systems work
and how to affect change within a system
this means that the leader needs to be
savvy the leader needs to be able to see
the world and society and different
people from multiple perspectives and
situations he's to be able to step
outside of himself outside of his own
selfish Enda and see other people's self
agendas and he needs to be able to
moderate and mediate between those to
find a workable practical solution and
this is a skill that very few people
have this is not a skillet you're just
born with it's something that you need
to practice and really develop and I
don't see that many people consciously
working towards developing this skill
they don't even know that this is a
skill that they need in their life a
leaders job is also of course to create
the vision then to champion the vision
which we've already said but then also
it's to stand in the eye of the
hurricane so to speak so when [ __ ] goes
down when everything's going wrong when
there's chaos around and people are
losing their heads and they're running
around like chickens with their heads
cut off the leader needs to stay and be
like a pillar in the middle of all that
and he used to be even more calm and
even more grounded than ever before and
needs to be able to champion that vision
and push it through he like the backbone
of this social organism and again that
could be in a business context it could
also be in just a one-on-one
relationship context so like in a
marriage for example if you're a leader
in a marriage you need to be able to be
that pillar in the marriage
even when the other person your partner
your spouse is losing his or her mind
and doing some crazy nonsense you need
to be able to stay strong and me love
all that and it should be clear by now
why we have so few leaders it's because
being a leader is hard doing all this
stuff is like a balancing act it's like
you're watching walking on a tightrope I
need to balance something just perfectly
so you don't tip over and fall off and
break your neck see if if you want to
bite off the challenge of being a leader
then you can never play victim you need
to take full responsibility for yourself
but also for what's going on around you
and also you could never sit back and
cruise and coast in your comfort zone
you're always going to be outside of
your comfort zone a leader needs to get
comfortable being outside is comfort
zone which is a pretty rare character
trait and one of the things I learned
when I went through my life coaching
program to get certified as a coach is
one of things they taught us is that all
leadership begins with self leadership
if you can't lead yourself then how are
you going to lead other people who's
going to trust you to lead them if you
can't even lead yourself
so all leadership begins with self
leadership and the key things you need
to learn as a self leader is you need to
learn how to manage your own fears and
stresses you need to also learn how to
manage your self-talk and you need to
learn how to manage what influences you
so fear self-talk and influences if you
can't manage these for yourself then you
cannot lead yourself and you cannot lead
other people and also you need to study
and learn how to
systems because in whatever context
you're leaving you're going to be
leading a system it's all about systems
that's a bit of a tangent topic that I
don't have time to go into now the study
of how systems work and how to affect
changes in systems that's a very deep
field of study but you need to start
studying that and also developing
niche-specific knowledge of how to
change the specific system you're
working within right so your specific
business your specific market your
specific marriage or your specific
social circle let me give you eight key
roles that a leader plays that I got
from eben pagan I think these are very
important because this kind of defines
the domain of what it means to be a
leader
first is visionary leader needs to be a
visionary next is a liner a leader needs
to be able to align different agendas
and values together to create a cohesive
direction for the system to go into
conflict resolver leader needs to be
able to resolve conflicts a creator a
motivator a conscious role model the
leader is always a role model the
question is is he conscious of what role
he's modeling or is the role that he's
embodying and playing as a leader
actually sending the wrong signals to
his followers that one's hard because as
a leader that means you've got to walk
your talk you can't just come up and
preach and then after the preaching is
over go back home and then go drink some
booze and have some sex and do some
drugs and all that kind of stuff because
then you're not a congruent leader and
then you're not a very good role model
and then people
follow you also a facilitator you got to
be able to facilitate and what this
means is you don't solve people's
problems for them but you help you
facilitate them to solve their own
problems that's a whole skill you need
to learn how to develop and lastly
leader needs to be a bringer of people
from the known to the unknown see people
like to live in what's known the known
right here existing society the existing
relationship to your existing social
circle your existing business that's
already known people are comfortable
there and then they tend to get
conservative and dogmatic and what the
leader needs to do is he needs to be
able to open up their minds to go into
the unknown to venture into new
uncharted territory where perhaps there
might be dangerous animals and rough
terrain and unknown traps potential
dangers maybe even death lies over the
horizon right makes me think of how the
the Explorers the Columbus's and the
Magellan's of the worlds ah how they led
people literally over the edge of the
world because at that point in time
people weren't even sure if the world
was round and they would lead sailors
and men and entire expeditions into
uncharted waters uncharted territories
not knowing where they were going right
going from the known to the unknown from
Europe to South America or from Europe
to the Spice Islands or wherever
explorers would go and that takes a very
special kind of skill and determination
speaking of which what I want to do is I
want to give you ten key qualities of
leadership that are necessary for
successful leadership and these come
straight from napoleon hill's book Think
and Grow Rich but I think that these are
very powerful and important to mention
so
they are unwavering courage self-control
a keen sense of justice definiteness of
decision definiteness of plans the habit
of doing more than paid for that's an
interesting one a pleasing personality
sympathy and understanding mastery of
detail willingness to assume full
responsibility which we've already
touched on and cooperation so those are
the ten keys from Napoleon Hill and now
I don't give you is ten more fail your
points for leadership from Napoleon Hill
so these are the things as a leader if
you're going to engage in these
activities right here then you're going
to fail these are also important to know
because these are very very common
pitfalls that we make and I notice
myself making a lot of these so here we
go first is inability to organise
details
next is unwillingness to render humble
service nobody likes an arrogant leader
humble service expectation of pay for
mere knowledge and what this means is if
you expect that people are going to
respect you
just for how much you know and how much
you read then you're mistaken
a leader doesn't get paid or respected
for mere knowledge he needs to actually
use that knowledge apply it to get stuff
done to create results and then that's
what he's judged on is the results he
creates the change he actually creates
gathering of knowledge by itself doesn't
create change next is fear of
competition from followers so if you are
afraid that your followers will out lead
you
then you're not much of a leader are you
lack of imagination that's the next one
make sense given that the leaders whole
purpose is to be a visionary and create
powerful visions if you lack a strong
imagination then you're going to be
stuck in present reality and then you've
got nowhere to lead to selfishness
another pitfall in temperance or anger
another pitfall disloyalty another one
emphasis of the authority of leadership
so are you abusing your authority are
you flaunting your authority and you're
not a very powerful leader and lastly
emphasis of title kind of goes along
with the last point of authority so
those are the 10 failure points so
notice those notice how much there is
here how much depth there is what I
wanted to do with this video is I wanted
to give you kind of a big-picture
overview of just how important how broad
and how deep this topic of leadership is
because there's so much here I can't
cover all of it even in a one-hour video
so what I want to give you instead is I
want to like give you a sense that oh
man this is so important you put
leadership on my radar because if I put
this on my radar then I can create a
really powerful organization really
powerful relationship I could really
influence the world in a powerful way so
hopefully you're seeing how much meat
there is in this topic right and then
you can go off and maybe you buy a
leadership book or you take a leadership
seminar leadership course or you just
start being more conscious of how you
lead others in your life maybe right now
you don't even think of yourself as a
leader because you tell yourself well
Leo I mean I don't have a business or I
don't have a marriage but even if you're
just part of a family even if you're not
even adult yet and you're still part of
a family you can be a leader in that
family and in fact you kind of
a leader the question is are you a
shitty leader or you powerful visionary
leader right anywhere where you're
engaging interacting with people or
you're working inside of a system in a
family unit is a system at school in
college that's a system a relationship
intimately is a system the career you
have and the job you're going to defer
work that's a system right so structure
to be more cognizant of how you're
playing the leadership role because
that's the first step is realizing that
you are a potential leader in the making
whether you realize it or not you know
one of the things that I stress in all
the actualized org material is the
importance of personal development but
one thing that I realized is I was doing
research for this video here is that one
of the most compelling reasons that I
can find for doing personal development
is leadership because to me a powerful
life a fulfilling life comes from
changing the world for the better and to
change the world for the better
you need to be able to lead other people
to help you do that and to lead other
people what do you need to do you need
to master yourself first you need be
able to lead yourself how are you going
to lead other people how are you going
to change the world if you can't get up
out of bed in the morning on time if you
can't eat healthy food the way you're
supposed to if you can get your ass off
to the gym on time if you can't put in a
full day's work consistently at your job
who are you going to lead you're not a
master of yourself you're not a master
of your own thoughts your own bad habits
if you can't fix this stuff in yourself
if you can't master your own psychology
then you're not going to be able to
change the world and so for me that's
why personal development is so important
right
because a leader realizes that he isn't
just born a leader no one's just born a
leader like this is a massive area of
development of skills you need a lot of
skills you need to develop across the
board both within leadership but also
just like personal skills interpersonal
skills social skills
understanding of how emotions work
understanding what charisma is and how
to use it to influence other people
building mental tools such as creativity
the ability to imagine and to visualize
a more powerful future the ability to
write to speak to communicate through
whatever medium you want to do it
through right because all these are
going to come together leadership is
like a it's really kind like a
Renaissance man skill because all these
little things have to come together to
create a powerful leader a leader is not
just uh you know a single-minded one
focused specialists he's not like a
computer programmer who can just know
his computer programming and then just
be good at it that's enough know a
leader has to kind of be a bit of a
jack-of-all-trades but also he has to be
at the same time a jack-of-all-trades
but still get a lot of [ __ ] done at the
same time right so it's uh it's a really
challenging skill to develop because it
it takes a holistic development of your
entire being of your body of your mind
of your emotions all that has to be
grown and developed if you want to live
into your full potential as a leader if
you take anything away from this video
what I want you to take away is that to
lead others you need a strong vision for
them notice not a strong vision for you
but a strong vision for them you see the
difference you can have a personal
mission statement for example for
yourself in your own life and you should
I hope you do but that's not enough
need to have like a mission statement
for them what's in it for them why
should they follow you
hopefully it connects with your own
mission statement too so what I want to
wrap up on here at the end is I want to
give you my vision for you with
actualized org if you're watching these
videos and you're vesting a lot of time
my videos are pretty long interesting
all this time watching my videos what
are you gonna get for it why are you
doing this I mean maybe you found one of
my videos because you thought like well
I just went through a breakup I need
some advice about how to deal with my
breakup so you search that and you found
my breakup video or maybe you want to
get better at dating so you find one our
dating videos or maybe you have some
emotional issues so you found one of my
emotion videos or maybe you want to
learn how to meditate you found one of
my meditation videos and that's fine you
know that helps you with a specific
little problem you got in your life and
that's cool but that's not my vision for
you my vision for you is a lot bigger
than that I don't want to just help you
put a band-aid over a little problem in
your life what I want to do is I want to
help you to find a cause that's worth
fighting for in your life I want you to
go and put yourself on track on the
hero's journey the hero's journey that's
a concept from Joseph Campbell very
common mythical archetype is the hero on
the journey fighting for a cause that he
is willing to bleed for that he's
willing to die for because he's found
something like that in life he's found
something where previously he was just
kind of like a lazy bum just sitting
around kind of twiddling his thumbs in
life or doing the ordinary stuff but
then something came across his radar and
something's like damn that's something
really important in life that I need to
be a part of that's something I need to
go take some action on there's some
injustice in the world or there's some
improvement that needs to be made and
I'm the one to do it I'm not gonna I
can't let this is to impart I can't let
somebody else come in here and do it for
me I can't sit around and just wait and
hope that somebody else will do it for
me
I have to be the hero I have to be
the leader and my vision for you is that
you find that thing for yourself and
that you live you make your life living
about something for something that's
larger than yourself because what most
people are doing if they haven't
undertaken hero's journey is that
they're living a very shallow petty
existence and they don't realize that
they're they're wasting their precious
one opportunity in this life you only
get one right
only once do you live and it's going to
go by all too fast so instead of living
this petty existence that you currently
live what I want you to do is I want you
to find something outside yourself
something that you're living for
something outside your family something
outside your social circle that you're
willing to fight for to work for to
bleed for to die for and then what I
want you to do is I want you to develop
yourself I want you to put every bit of
energy that you have into growing
yourself growing your consciousness
growing your your body growing your
emotional awareness growing your
skillset for years for decades until you
become that fully realized leader who's
able to congruently powerfully make
change in the world happen and then what
you do and this is the part I like best
about this whole thing is that it's as
though you climbed a mountain like
imagine that you climbed Mount Everest
and if you ever seen footage from Mount
Everest then that thing is so high up in
the stratosphere that is it's higher
than you are when you're taking an
airplane ride it's about the same
altitude as a jumbo jet flies except
you're standing on the Mount and you're
looking down and you're seeing this this
beautiful range of Peaks beautiful range
of peaks and clouds and the the sun
shining through
it's just like this this pristine crisp
air and you're standing there and you
you are on top of the world and you're
looking down on the entire world
kind of like a God God's eye view of the
world and it feels like you conquered it
you conquered the world and really what
you've done is you haven't conquered the
world so much as you've conquered
yourself and that clean feeling that
high consciousness clean feeling of
having conquered yourself having climbed
all the way up here
this giant slog through the mud and the
snow and the dirt and the rocks and all
the perils and this journey that you
went went on right and you made your
life about this this mission to climb
this mountain to get to the very top and
then you finally did it and to do it
what you had to do is you had to
persevere and you have to you have to
really break yourself down because that
small little person that you started out
as at the base of the mountain is not
the same person that's standing on the
top that small petty little person down
there at the base he could not get to
the top he had to die along the way and
then what made it up to the top is
something something very interesting
something godlike something spiritual
something that is beyond the ego
transcendent if I was to speak of it
poetically and what you get is you get
that taste of the highest beauties and
joys of life right that's satisfaction
not of a little titillation or some
pleasure that you kind of get when you
go eat a fine meal or when you go have
some nice sex or do some drugs not that
kind of pleasure I'm talking about a
high cautious of satisfaction and this
this feeling of connection to the world
into reality and to life right you feel
really alive and you feel this immense
like gratitude well up inside you
and that to me is what life is about
is that living your life to the fullest
that's what I mean by living your life
to the fullest and then after that what
you can do is you can die your life with
no regrets and that's what I want for
you is I want for you to be able to lie
on your deathbed and look back at your
life and have this feeling of this this
solid confidence that you really live
that you gave it your all and that you
sucked every last ounce of beauty and
joy out of life that was there for you
and you look around at everybody else
and you and you say to yourself how
grateful I am that I did this when
nobody else around me had the balls to
do it everybody else around me is going
to die not knowing what life is really
about but I'm gonna die having savored
the highest beauty in life that's my
vision for you hope you like it now my
parting question for you is what's your
vision for the world what is that thing
worth fighting for
what is your Mount Everest all right
this is Leo I'm signing off go ahead
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