Self-leadership is the practice of intentionally influencing your own thinking and actions towards your objectives. The practice of intentionally influencing your thinking and actions towards your goals is going to be a thing that you must be clear about. What it is you want, and then as you're clear about what you want, you must get yourself in the best state to achieve what it is you want. If you are on an airplane and they suddenly did a landing, in case of an emergency, you would place the oxygen mask over your nose and mouth before assisting others. They tell you to do that because if you don't, you will not be able to help anybody else. So self-leaders understand that they need oxygen of their own which means they need the motivation for their own intentions so that they can positively influence and impact others. Leading yourself is taking yourself to the next level and being the best version of yourself so that you can be self-confident. We can have self-efficacy and the belief that we can try new things. We are living in an agile world where things are being disrupted daily. What you were trained to do at university is no longer valid. Your world is being disrupted; you're going to need to learn new skills and abilities, and as you begin to learn these things and you get better. You'll be able to sell your products as you grow. I can ask you to begin your journey today and to understand how you influence your thinking and actions towards your objectives. 

 

So how about Servant Leadership? Servant leadership is a philosophy of leadership in which the goal of the leader is to serve. This is different from traditional leadership, where the leader's focus is the thriving of their company or organization. This difference is going to influence how you act as a leader. Servant leadership is the best strategy compared to traditional leadership because it's really a counterpoint to traditional leadership. Traditional leadership sees people lower on the pyramid of leadership as lower in the structure serving the leaders in authority; above them are the people who serve the leaders. Traditional leadership is a very boss-centered approach. This traditional approach is where the person in authority typically is looking to get more power and more control, and unfortunately, this can devalue other people. People are often abused, and anytime I watch a movie or show about the Victorian era in England, I start to think about this traditional view of leadership where there's the person in authority. The family that owns the Mansion owns the estate, and the servants literally live below them in the basement of the house. Oftentimes every servant in that house is there to serve the family, and of course, these are movies, and I didn't live back then, but I always think about this traditional view of leadership and abuse of authority when I watch those movies. Servant leadership really flipped this whole equation on its head.

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