"Notes" of An Elder ― 12.20.24

Nothing in life is of any value unless it is shared with others.

"Notes" of An Elder is a depository of pertinent information, knowledge and wisdom. Available weekly will be an elder's "thinking menu" for your use. Enjoy this bounty.

• Great leaders execute the strategy and recognize it is about WE, not ME.

• Leadership is about how we can serve the needs of others.

• I’ve always had this theory that, if you help enough people get what they want, you’ll always get what you want.

• The first sign of intelligence is to admit that you don’t know something.

• We spend far too much time coaching and training bodies than we do coaching and training minds.

• Relationships, at their most authentic stage, are partnerships. 

The Most Important Person

• The most important person to lead is yourself.

• The most important person to be with is yourself.

• The most important conversation is the one with yourself.

• The most important person to trust is yourself.

• The most important person to tell the truth to is yourself.

• The most important person to love is yourself.

• We can get trapped in a lot of chatter and mental clutter and go through days, weeks, months, and years never having a real conversation with ourselves.

• What I think gets overlooked in relationship building is listening.

• Too often in our lives, we focus on the outer versions of who we are instead of the inner versions of who we are.

• If we’re going to get the most out of a person, we’ve got to spend more time trying to understand them for who they authentically are.

• Mental toughness is the ability to see the bright side of a hopeless situation. Adversity is always an experience, not a final act.

• In essence, we all wear an invisible mask that silently communicates a universal message: “Make me feel important.”

Magic Question

What is your relationship with your self-talk?

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