Don't Just Talk About It, Be About It

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” Thus, to truly lead and make a positive difference, we must always begin with ourselves. Our institutions, corporations, and communities are yearning for sterling, creative, courageous, and servant leadership more than ever during this unique moment.

While challenging days confront our humanity — amid such darkness and uncertainty, we as leaders and change agents must keep the light of hope, faith, and belief ignited. Each day we are bestowed 86,400 seconds of unique opportunities to be a better person than we were the day before. We must seek to produce solutions and strategic answers for ourselves and those we lead with this time.

It is our responsibility to emotionally connect, inspire, teach, nurture, and transform those we lead. Yet, we must not do it at the expense of our mental health and wellness. May the following living-by-design tactics pave the way forward as we lead ourselves and others.

• Forgive more.

• Talk less, say more.

• Be less judgmental.

• Avoid the river of time.

• Value time over money.

• Stand in your own truth.

• Go deep into the weeds.

• Challenge the status quo.

• Go gently into the night.

• Avoid fake conversations.

• Don’t ever be unprepared.

• Maintain a radical vision.

• Never swerve from progress.

• Have multiple sets of income.

• Invest in the future and wellness.

• Each day is about discovering the truth.

So let’s ask ourselves, if now is not the time to act, pivot, and evolve then when is? Remember, we never need a title to be positive difference-makers and leaders. When we make the world better for others, we make it better for ourselves.

P.S. If you are in search of a book recommendation, our team at The Daily Coach highly recommends The Power of Servant-Leadership by Robert K. Greenleaf. The Power of Servant Leadership is a collection of eight of Greenleaf's most compelling essays on servant-leadership. These essays, published together in one volume for the first time, contain many of Greenleaf's best insights into the nature and practice of servant-leadership and show his continual refinement of the servant-as-leader concept. In addition, several of the essays focus on the related issues of spirit, commitment to vision, and wholeness.

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