4 Leadership Rules (Day 1)

Over the next four days, I’m going to share stories about four leadership principles that changed my life and business as an entrepreneur … and what you can learn from them.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Leadership is a set of learned skills that involve certain principles of success. The ones who achieve their goals in life get there by first mastering how to lead themselves.

When I was young, I was argumentative, stubborn, and didn’t take accountability for myself. Back then, if I could describe myself in three words, they would have been, “I know that!” These are some of the most destructive words in the human language.

I never admitted I was wrong. I learned from my environment to blame, justify, and complain. So, when someone didn’t agree with me or something happened that I didn’t like, I went straight to those three behaviors.

I felt unsuccessful, weak, and frustrated because I was broke.

Unless I escaped my environment, it seemed like I would turn into the negative people around me.

That is until a simple event changed my life…

I made mistakes in my first business’s taxes. I tried to do them myself, did everything wrong, and received a large tax bill.

There was nobody to blame, no complaining, and I had nothing to justify my behavior. So, for one of the first times in my life, I used:

Leadership Principle #1: Take full responsibility for yourself.

After taking responsibility, it was as if the world opened up with possibility. I used to complain, blame, and justify because I thought it got me “off the hook.”

However, I saw that nothing is more potent than taking full responsibility and acknowledging that everything we have (or don’t have) in our lives results from us, no one else.

As a result, I committed to banishing complaining, blaming, and justifying from my life, forever.

If something didn’t go right, my new plan was to explore myself and ask, “How did I cause this situation?”

My mind frame changed because I was no longer looking outside of myself to solve my problems. By looking at myself, I became the leader of my life who consciously controls his actions; instead of placing the fault on uncontrollable events.

From that moment forward, I controlled my destiny. I realized that our lives have unlimited potential and that taking responsibility gives us the power and control we crave.

So, what’s the moral / lesson of the story?

The big take away is that we all have the choice to take full responsibility for ourselves. Lead Your Life, and you and your family will experience never-ending fulfillment.

And what is the meaning/takeaway for your life and business?

Self-accountability is critical for success, and the decision is within all of our control. Lead Your Life will show you how to eliminate complaining, blaming, and justifying so you can lead and serve others at your highest level.

Take action and get our FREE Lead Your Life framework so you can expand your depth and width as a leader.

I’m grateful for you! — Wes Lee