Leadership Series - Week 3: Have A Plan

If You Fail To Plan, Then You Plan To Fail

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the August edition of the blog. This month's series is the Leadership Series and this week's topic is Have a Plan.

You have established a vision, you are empathetic towards your team. The last part now is having a plan and executing that plan. You have to realize that the first 2 leadership qualities I mentioned do not really matter if you don't get the job done. If you as a leader don't deliver, then any trust or belief you did have will eventually disappear.

Being able to execute your vision and plan is not a skill that many people possess, but it is a quality that a leader must master in order to become effective. All great leaders in history had the ability to implement all 3 skillsets to achieve their goal. Now this doesn't require extraordinary talent, but it does require some self-awareness and hard work to build those skills up. This is not a simple task. I am constantly working towards this and fail and learn something new everyday. As long as you are heading in the right direction that's all that matters.

A lot of it will come through experience and mentorship. You will take a few bumps and bruises while trying to work on the skills it requires to become a good leader. It also helps if you can find someone to take you under their wing and guide you through the process. Just make sure that everyone is held accountable for their portion and EXECUTE, EXECUTE, EXECUTE!!!
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Leadership Series - Week 2: Emotional Awareness

"A Key Component Of Leadership Is Having The Ability To Understand The Emotional Make Up Of Other People"

 

 

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Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the August edition of the blog. This month's series is the Leadership Series and this week's topic is Emotional Awareness.

One of the key qualities of a leader is having the ability to understand and connect on an emotional and mental level. Truly understanding what makes their team tick, understanding why they do what they do. Also what makes them feel insecure and what they really care about.

This allows you to know how to approach each team member in different situations and get the best out of them each time. If you don't master this part of leadership, you will have a difficult time in persuading them into doing what is needed to reach a common goal. When you are connected to your team on this level you are able to develop the right type of culture and environment that breeds positive results.

I have seen how good and bad leadership can make or break a team. I've seen great employees become disengaged and have low productivity due to bad leadership. I have also seen the other side of the spectrum and notice those who normally have weak performances increase their productivity and bring even greater value to the team.

Bottom line is, when your team sees and knows that your genuinely care about them, they go the extra mile.  Having an understanding on how they feel makes them feel appreciated on a deeper level. Be aware of others emotions and what is going on with them at that time. I'm not saying hold their hands and baby sit them, that is not it at. What I am saying is understand what motivates them. Understand what issues they might have going on in their life that could possibly affect their performance and not be so results driven and cold to their feelings

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Leadership Series - Week 1: The Vision

Leadership Is Not A Position Or A Title, It Is Action And Example



Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the August edition of the blog. This month's series is the Leadership Series and this week's topic is The Vision.

Being a leader is a very big responsibility. You are the one that everyone looks to for guidance. They entrust you to lead them on the right path. In order to do this you have to have an unwavering conviction towards your vision. You must know the direction you want your team to go. It's very important to be very sure and certain in what you are doing and where you are taking them. The journey and process can be complex and seem very uncertain at times.

The people you are leading will easily deviate from the place or the path because they will get distracted by the many variables that comes with uncharted territories. This is where your leadership helps bring them back  to regroup. Help them remember the overall plan and stay the course. A leader must also be very logical and help get everyone on the same page with the bigger picture. When people start to feel uncomfortable or unable to see the vision, you will be challenged. If you are not able to be logical and justify the ultimate goal, it can cause the team to lose confidence in you.

Lastly, the leader must be the most passionate in the entire group in whatever project is being worked. Your energy must cascade to every member, you set the tone for how the project is going to go. If your energy is low then everyone else's energy will be lower than that. Remember you are the lighthouse that guides the ships safely through the seas. If your light dims or goes out then everyone is guaranteed to crash.


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Endure Series - Week 5: 30 Day Challenge!!

Enjoy When You Can, And Endure When You Must

 

-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the May edition of the blog. This month's series is the Endure Series and this week is 30 Day Challenge!!

It's the end of the month so you know what time it is. Let's finish out this month strong with our 30 Day Challenge. They say it takes 21 days to build a habit, well we are giving you 30!

As always we are wanting you to apply the principles we have provided to you from the previous blogs this month. It's one thing for you to read the blogs but to be effective you must also apply them.

Week 1 we said Be Strong. You will run into moments in your life where adversity will hit you hard. It will feel like every move your make doesn't work out. The burden of failure will start to weigh you down. In those moments lie the true test of your strength, you must endure. So, remember when the storm hits, just be strong and push through. You will get to the other side and you will be stronger because of it. The storm doesn't last forever

Week 2 we talked about Patience. Life is going to punch you in the mouth, its guaranteed. In those moments you must take a step back, breath and remember that this is just a moment in time that you are being tested. Nothing happens over night, good or bad. So continue to grind it out and know that you will make it, you will overcome and conquer your situation.

Week 3 we talked about Pain.  Pain and struggle are inevitable. In order to overcome it you have to know and understand and you are built for this. You will succeed if you just believe that you can. Just know that the pain you go through today will just make you stronger for tomorrow. Every challenge you go through is a learning opportunity. It's the experience that helps shape and define you

Week 4 we talked about Its Not The End. We all go through it, we've all had that overwhelming feeling come over us. This rush of panic and defeat comes filling our minds and heart. We tend to forget or underestimate how strong and capable we are. You wouldn't be here today if you were not able to get through adversity. You have to remember that this is not the end. God didn't call you to be a victim, he called you to be a victor. So go be victorious!

This week and as we do at the end of every series, we challenge you to take all we discussed in the previous weeks and start applying them to your life. We don't want you to read the blogs and just feel motivated. Motivation is not an impulse of the body or a personality trait. Motivation is
an intention and a will of a mind that wants more than to just be average. If you apply what we give you then you start to change your mindset. When your mindset changes then you start to see your life change for the better



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Endure Series - Week 4: Its Not The End

"It's Not An Ending. It's Just The Point In The Story Where You Turn The Page."

 

 

 

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the May edition of the blog. This month's series is the Endure Series and this week's topic is Its Not The End.

 

We all go through it, we've all had that overwhelming feeling come over us. This rush of panic and defeat comes filling our minds and heart. Then your mindset changes from positive thoughts to negative thoughts. Then we think, its over. No coming back from this, cant fix this or that....etc

 

You have to remember that this is not the end. This is not how your story ends at all. You must realized that this is just a blip in time. A moment in your movie that you will get passed. There will come a time when you will look back on that moment and say to yourself, "Why was I so worried about that?". First, you must remember to believe in yourself no matter the situation, you will get through it. Second, you are undefeated in life. Meaning, look back on all the trials and tribulations you have been through in your life and you are still here.

 

We tend to forget or underestimate how strong and capable we are. You wouldn't be here today if you were not able to get through adversity. Yes it is tough, yes it is scary sometimes but things that are worth the effort are rarely easy to obtain.

 

So remember this, if you don't remember anything else we talk to you about in this blog or any other blog. You have heard us say this on our videos. God didn't call you to be a victim, he called you to be a victor. So go be victorious!

 

 

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Endure Series - Week 3: Pain = Success

At The End Of Pain Is SUCCESS!

 

-Eric Thomas

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the May edition of the blog. This month's series is the Endure Series and this week's topic is Pain = Success.

I can see your face right now as you read this title. How does pain = success?!? Most successful people have a painful story. Majority of them have a successful ending to their story. Pain doesn't just show up in our lives for no reason. It's a sign that something needs to change. Are you willing to make that change is the question. I said this in the previous blog Patience, life isn't peaches and roses all the time.

Tony Robbins said it best " The secret of success is learning how to use the pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you." Use the pain to push you towards greatness. Don't sit around waiting for a pity party. Pain is temporary, Success last forever!.

So don't run from it, embrace it. Pain and struggle are inevitable. In order to overcome it you have to know and understand and you are built for this. You will succeed if you just believe that you can. Just know that the pain you go through today will just make you stronger for tomorrow. Every challenge you go through is a learning opportunity. It's the experience that helps shape and define you.

So remember, the pain from regret last forever and is a hundred times worst then pain from the process. At the end of the process is feeling of victory and success.

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Endure Series - Week 2: Patience

To Lose Patience Is To Lose The Battle

 

-Mahatma Gandhi

 

 

 

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the May edition of the blog. This month's series is the Endure Series and this week's topic is Patience.


This topic is probably one of the most difficult things for a person to do. Until this day I have trouble being patient. We all have lofty goals and big dreams. We live in a society where we want things right now. Instantaneous gratification is what people are looking for now a days. The thing we have to understand is that, things won't happen instantly and not everything last forever.

I'm not going to go into detail but I have had to endure a lot of pain in my life. Some big, some small but the biggest factor that helped me navigate through it all was my ability to be patient. To ENDURE and allow the healing process to take its course. I would remind myself everyday that "The rain doesn't last forever". Meaning the sun will come out eventually but until that time comes I will keep pushing, keep grinding and always move forward.

A lot of you who are reading this understand that life isn't always peaches and roses. Life will punch you right in the mouth and laugh as the blood drips from your lip. It is in those moments where you must take a step back, take a deep breath and understand that this is part of the process. Understand that this is just a moment in time that you will overcome, you will endure. Think about how far you have come. You are not the same person you were before. That did not happen over night. That happened from the will and determination to change and succeed.

I will leave you with this quote from Martin Luther King Jr. "Quietly Endure, Silently Suffer and Patiently Wait" The two people that we have quoted in this blog are two very great examples of those who had extreme patience. Their ability to be patient and understand what is at the end of the dark road help changed lives. So remember, Life doesn't get easier. You just get better at being able to handle it


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