There is a philosophy that’s virtually universal and taught in many religions called the Golden Rule. It simply states: Do to others what you’d have others do to you.

My mentor, Zig Ziglar  has often taught “You can have anything you want if you’ll just help everybody else get what they want.” That’s simply a restatement of the Golden Rule, and it’s right on. Leadership begins and ends in helping other people achieve what they can’t have unless you help them obtain it. God gave you unique keys to the locks in people’s lives when He especially gifted and positioned you to make a unique difference in the world. Choosing to use those gifts, abilities, resources, & vision to make a difference for others is leadership—Servant Leadership.

Who is Depending on You?

Core Value #1 in our company states: It’s about the people depending on us. Those people are the focus of your leadership. Who are they? Family. Co-workers. Employer. Neighbors. Fellow church members.

The first person depending on you, is you. No one else is responsible for your achievement but you. So the first place you exert leadership is in making a difference for yourself. Only when you become everything that God uniquely created you to be, can you then be a leader who helps to make a difference for other people.

You were uniquely created for a purpose. Finding and fulfilling that purpose is the greatest exercise of leadership.