In my "Are Leaders Born or Made?" post of October 7, I discussed how throughout time that leaders have overcome obstacles and become successful leaders. The leaders I spoke about in the October 7 post overcame their obstacles because they had the will power to make the change. They had "Gumption" to make the change. The word gumption takes me back to when I was a kid. When I hear that word I think of my grandparents. They would have used that word. Seems like we don't hear it that much in today's world. It's a great word.
American Heritage dictionary defines it as someone having "Guts" or "Spunk". Spunk?! There is another grandpa or grandma word! Don't you reckon that our grandparents had to overcome a lot of adversity in their day. The sacrifices they made to live through some of hardest times in our country took gumption. From the dust bowl days in the midwest, to the nation wide depression of the 1930's, to two World Wars, along with the Korea and Vietnam Wars. Our grandparents generation had to have gumption just to keep moving on in life.
What about you? Do you have gumption? Do you want to make a change in your life? Want to take up a new hobby or acquire a new skill? Want to lose weight or just get in better physical shape? Want to do something different in the area in which you lead? Whatever the change or dream that you have it will take some gumption to get yourself going. Don't wait! Karen Lamb, author of the children's book "Princess Star and the Pancake Moon", would say "A year from now you will wish you had started today." You can check out her work at her website. http://www.karenlamb.com/ Get started today! Here are some easy steps to head you in the right direction.
American Heritage dictionary defines it as someone having "Guts" or "Spunk". Spunk?! There is another grandpa or grandma word! Don't you reckon that our grandparents had to overcome a lot of adversity in their day. The sacrifices they made to live through some of hardest times in our country took gumption. From the dust bowl days in the midwest, to the nation wide depression of the 1930's, to two World Wars, along with the Korea and Vietnam Wars. Our grandparents generation had to have gumption just to keep moving on in life.
What about you? Do you have gumption? Do you want to make a change in your life? Want to take up a new hobby or acquire a new skill? Want to lose weight or just get in better physical shape? Want to do something different in the area in which you lead? Whatever the change or dream that you have it will take some gumption to get yourself going. Don't wait! Karen Lamb, author of the children's book "Princess Star and the Pancake Moon", would say "A year from now you will wish you had started today." You can check out her work at her website. http://www.karenlamb.com/ Get started today! Here are some easy steps to head you in the right direction.
- Set a goal. You must have a vision for what it is that you want to do. Want to learn how to play the piano. Envision yourself playing it. Maybe in front of a group of people. At church? Or maybe leading your family in a Christmas Carol over the holiday season. Dream a little bit on your vision so your mind can grasp the image. As the first part of Proverbs 29:18 says "Where there is no vision, the people will perish.. If you don't envision your goal then who else will?
- Set an ending time. A goal always has to have an ending point. As author Stephen Covey of "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People". https://www.stephencovey.com/ You "Begin with an End in Mind". What is the ending time of your goal? You have already dreamed about your goal in the first step. When will it be concluded so you can celebrate!
- Surround yourself with people that will support you in your goal. Just a word of advice. If it's something that is a little way out there in the realm of realistic you might want to keep it to yourself in the beginning. If you want to learn to ride a camel so you can spend a year aboard surviving in the Sahara Dessert, keep it to yourself. I am not trying to be sarcastic. It's more about protecting your goal. If you have to share, do it with someone that you can trust to be confidential with your dream. The more people you tell the more likely you will have someone that will shoot it down and scar up your goal a little bit. I am not saying to keep your head in the sand, okay I will stop with the Sahara jokes, about a goal but you do have to protect your dream a little bit from the naysayers. Share them with a supportive core group of people that will give you good sound advice about how to advance in meeting your goal.
- Get after it! Set you mind upon your goal and focus on getting it done. It may not happen overnight so have patience. If it's weight loss then celebrate after losing each pound or a set number of pounds. Stay focused on the end results and don't get down if you take a step back. Stay positive and take one step at a time! No one ever learned to ride a camel overnight! Okay really that's the last joke.
Here is great article to help get you motivated to meet your goal.
If you need more a pep talk and some goal setting advice from Tony Robbins on this video.
Good luck!
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