The #1 Mindset of TOP Leaders

Let me gently remind you of a truth that too many good souls are forgetting: distraction is the enemy of mastery.

 The giants of history—from Leonardo da Vinci to Mahatma Gandhi to Hedy Lamarr—were not people who dabbled. They were people who focused. Monomaniacally.

They carved out sacred spaces of solitude and isolation to produce their masterwork. They honored their craft with the fullness of their presence.

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No matter where you live, no matter if you drive a taxi, or if you're a middle manager, or if you are a student, or if you work in a large corporation, or if you're a startup entrepreneur, no matter what you do, no matter where you are, you have the opportunity, starting today, to start thinking like a leader. The old model of leadership really said, you need a title to be a leader. You need to be a president, you need to be a prime minister, you need to be a CEO, you need to be a billionaire, you need to go to Harvard, you need to have this incredible background that justifies you being a leader. Well, the old model of leadership is absolutely obsolete. We are in a completely new time, not only in business, but in humanity. There is so much disruption, not only of technology, but of society, of geography, of the environment. And a new time calls for a new way of thinking about leadership. And I guess what I'm really saying is, leadership is not about a title. Leadership is not about a position. Leadership is not about authority. Leadership is not about what's written on your business card. Leadership is not about the size of your office. Leadership is not about your net worth. Leadership is much more a mindset. It's a way of thinking about your work. It's about thinking about your performance. It's an approach to working and it's an approach to living. And I guess what I'm really challenging you right now, here with me, to think about and really own is every single time you give away your power by saying, I don't have a title, so that's not my job. Or the change is too strong, and I'm not the manager here or the CEO, so I'm not going to embrace the change. Every single time you say, well, that's an unhappy customer, but I'm not in customer service, so that's not my responsibility. Every single time you give away your power to make a change, And what I really want to invite you to think about is you have a choice every single day at work and every single day you walk out in the world. You can either be a victim or you can be a leader. You can be a victim or you can be a leader. You can spend your days making excuses because that's what victims do or you can spend your hours delivering results. You know, victims are frightened by change. A leader without a title gets inspired by change. Victims love entertainment. Leaders love education. You know, victims... are busy. They're busy being busy. Peter Drucker said it really well. He said, there's nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. You know, Confucius said it even more elegantly. He said, the person who chases two rabbits catches neither. But victims are busy. They're busy being busy. You look at them, they say, no, I can't do that. I'm so busy. But you say, why are you so busy? They say, I don't know, but I'm really, really busy. And that's really easy to do in this age of dramatic distraction. But leaders without titles They shift from busyness to delivering results. They don't do fake work. They do real work.