You can make the difference

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Great things are happening all around us. When we lose focus on our blessings we begin to magnify the negative things happening in our lives and in the world. Lately the local and world news could certainly put even an optimistic preacher like Joel Osteen in a state of despair.
 
Yesterday we watched our grandchildren while their parents went to the orientation for a new school their children will attend this year. When their parents came back home they were so fired up and excited it seemed as though they had just attended a motivational seminar.
 
All schools are confronted with the same challenges of educating young leaders who can and will change the world. The difference in their experience with this school is the positive approach by the great leadership. Teachers are inspired to be the best they can be for their students. These motivated teachers will influence their students to achieve higher levels of learning than they thought they were capable of attaining. In this kind of environment positive leaders are molded. Experiencing their excitement motivated me to reassess how I evaluate success in my own endeavors and implement the following changes in my mindset.

• I am a success driven person and I am empowered by the goals I am reaching, the accomplishments I am achieving. I am determined to move forward with what I truly believe in regardless of my judgement of the level of success I am experiencing.

• I am resolving now to continue to share my positive experience with others but to truly “Let Go and Let God.” I have high expectation of others. It has been difficult in the past for me to accept the reality if they do not want for themselves what I think would create a better life for them.

• I will seek out speakers, seminars and experiences that offer positive possibilities so I can then share these insights in blog postings. 

• I will take more risk in spite of my feelings and not allow a fear of failure to stifle my creativity and talents.

 
By doing these things I hope to become a true influence for positive change.
Inspiring Motivational Quotes on Leadership
Jeff Haden, Contributing Editor, Inc.

Here are some of my favorite leadership quotes. Tweet them, share them, but most important, use them to help you become an even better leader than you already are:

• “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”Eleanor Roosevelt
• “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” Albert Schweitzer
• “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” Ronald Regan
  
• “Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” George Patton

 
I want to thank so many of my readers who have offered me support by writing in the comment section or sending me emails with positive resource information. As a result of being given that information I have increased my resources in my toolbox that I can share with others. A recent resource I received is a guide offered by Harvard Medical on Positive Psychology.  One topic of immediate interest was Feeling Young at Heart May Help You to Live Longer.
 
You may want to jot down your leadership attributes and how you can influence others through your example. Many of those leaders are living under your roof.