MYTHS OF LEADERSHIP (SERIES) Episode 2

THE POTENTIAL MYTH

How many kids say " someday I want to grow up to be vice President of Nigeria" ?? Probably none. If a child has political aspirations, he only will want to be president. If she has a flare for business, she will want to be company owner or CEO. Few people aspire to reach the middle.

Yet the reality is that most people will never at the top of an organization. They will spend their careers somewhere in the middle. Is that okay?? Or should every body strive to be at the top??

I believe that people should strive for the top of their game and not the top of an organization.Each of us should work to reach our potential and not necessarily the top of the office.Sometimes you can make the greatest impact from somewhere other than first place. A real leader is someone who knows how to influence others from whatever position he finds himself in.

If everybody wants to be the bank manager,who will be the assistant manager or the cashier?? I'm not saying you should settle for less,but what I'm trying to say is wherever position you find yourself at a particular moment, your priority should not be to overtake everyone structurally but to overtake everyone mentally and leadership wise even from the middle where you might be. With time you will discover that you are inch closer to the top and 100% fulfilled.

Remember,no matter how much of the top you are,if you do not understand leadership, everyone under you will have no impact and sooner or later you will find out that not even quarter of the staff has anything good to say to you.

So strive to be the best in your game,work on your potential. If you are the cashier,be the best cashier,if you are the PRO,be the best PRO and you will be that CEO in your mind.

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See you at the top!!!