Before you can lead others, You must be able to lead yourself.
If you cannot lead yourself others won’t follow you.
If you cannot lead yourself others won’t respect you.
If you cannot lead yourself others won’t listen to you.
If you cannot lead yourself others won’t trust you.
If you cannot lead yourself others won’t understand you.
If you cannot lead yourself how will you make a difference?
Leadership is demanding it is created from noble disciplines.
It requires an elevated sense of mastery with practice, skills, desires and commitment. It begins with leading ourselves to understanding, acknowledging, and attending to our insides.
It is the fundamental and necessary building block to greatness.Set your standards high.
Do the best you are capable of doing.
Do everything to bring forth your personal best.
To lead yourself successfully is a self knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable of.
The better you are at leading yourself the better the chance you are at having a positive impact on others.
Lead From Within: The truth is we need each other…..to learn from each other…..to lead ourselves and to lead by example, because we are joined by a common cause….to lead from within …. so we can increase the quality and quantity of heart based leaders around the world.
Of Lolly’s many awards and accolades, Lolly was designated a Top-50 Leadership and Management Expert by Inc. magazine. Huffington Post honored Lolly with the title of The Most Inspiring Woman in the World. Her writing has appeared in HBR, Inc.com, Fast Company (Ask The Expert), Huffington Post, and Psychology Today, and others. Her newest book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness has become a national bestseller.
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Chef Chuck
24. Jul, 2011
Thank you, Lolly!
lollydaskal
24. Jul, 2011
Thank you Chef Chuck!
Lolly
Simon Harvey
24. Jul, 2011
Nice post Lolly, it is as you so well state admirable and wise to first learn to lead yourself from within before attempting to lead others. Not easy perhaps and a life journey.
It is easy to get caught in the fast pace of life and forget to stop sometimes and look within to make sure you are listening to your own advice, to be true to yourself and admit your own mistakes and celebrate your achievements.
The comments on the Tweetchats on Tues evenings are testament to leadfromwith and your great example of what leading by example is truly about. Thanks Lolly.
❥
lollydaskal
24. Jul, 2011
Thank you Simon for your lovely comment.
Lead From Within is an every day knowing that the leader within is the leader with heart.
You are a true heart leader. I cherish you.
Lolly
John Griffin (@JohnGriffinTx)
24. Jul, 2011
Beautifully written as always. Just as our learning is a lifelong pursuit, so is our learning to lead from within. Just when I think I know myself, I find areas to go deeper.
Thank you, Lolly, for being a courageous facilitator for so many to discover the potential that lies so deep within each one’s heart.
lollydaskal
25. Jul, 2011
John,
From you I learn appreciation, validation, sincerity and inspiration. Thanks for sharing and caring as you always do.
Blessings
Lolly
Jorge Furber
24. Jul, 2011
Great post Lolly and very true.
A great leader must first be a great person and that means staying in the struggle to grow every day and become someone better. And the only way to do that is to know ourselves better, our strengths and weaknesses, that will give us greater confidence in ourselves and then we can set an example and inspire others.
Thank you for sharing this and be an example of Lead From Within.
See you on Tuesday to continue learning on tweetchat.
lollydaskal
25. Jul, 2011
Jorge!
Your words ring true and are a great inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.
We are all leaders who are striving to lead from within. We are in this together.
Lolly
Wayne McEvilly
25. Jul, 2011
Lolly:
Your capacity to state truths simply with eloquence and a sense of the profound value of what you have to offer is a real inspiration. Thank you for the consistency, the clarity, the simplicity, and the unmistakable sense that the heart is present in it all.
Wayne
lollydaskal
25. Jul, 2011
Dearest Wayne,
Speaking about clarity, truth, profoundness, heart, inspiration. Those are all the words I would describe you and more.
You are an inspiration to me daily. Your words, music, talent touch my soul.
Honored to know you.
You Lead by example.
Lolly
Tristan Bishop
25. Jul, 2011
I absolutely and completely love this post, Lolly! I believe that self-discipline, while so tough, is key to successful leadership. I often say that wise leaders show mercy to new mistakes show recurring mistakes to the door!
I also think it’s key that leaders align their actions with their ideals.
Wonderful post. Thank you.
Tristan
lollydaskal
25. Jul, 2011
Tristan,
So great to have you visit…Self discipline is key as is self reflection and self awareness.
I love this: I often say that wise leaders show mercy to new mistakes show recurring mistakes to the door!
(it would make a great tweet)
Your wisdom, your insights are always brilliant
Thanks for sharing.
Lolly
Lorena Heletea
25. Jul, 2011
Life is a journey of growth and learning, and most important learning we will ever do is learning about ourselves, understanding self.
Without understanding self how can we lead self?
Great reminder Lolly.
Lorena
lollydaskal
25. Jul, 2011
Lorena,
Life is a journey and the best part is the rediscovery of who we are and the self awareness of who we can become.
Great to see you Lorena,
Blessings
Lolly
Lazarus Ross
26. Jul, 2011
Awesome Lolly! Thank you for your insight!
Jon M
26. Jul, 2011
So true! Need to set an example first. It delivers consistency as well as purpose. Excellent insight. Thanks! Jon
Helen Antholis
30. Jul, 2011
Dear Lolly,
As I read everyone’s comments, I can’t help but notice how we all know each other through you; we learn about ourselves and others through you; and how #leadfromwithin, because of you, has become our touchstone for the week.
We grow, we learn, and we become better at who we are because of you. You touch our very inner being with your leadership.
We are blessed.
Helen
Rajan Tripathi
28. Oct, 2011
Dear Lolly,
First of all thanks n a handsome bunch of thanks for telling a real Fact of life.
The better you are at leading yourself the better the chance you are at having a positive impact on others.
This means that we need to think from our pure heart very deeply & then Judge if you have got the Right Answer then you have to put your total effort with great believe that the Job is completely done.
Trust me Lolly I thank to the Lord for that I have got a beautiful opportunity to have Leaders like you, I am dying to learn more & more………….. from you.
A very small learner believes that you will to teach me to lead the way you want me to.
Rajan Tripathi
Prince
30. Mar, 2017
Man thanks for your effort
give us the steps for how to discover our-self and the right way that we created for it