Step 4 Leaders Know What It Takes.  Leaders Implement an Action Plan

All of the preceding steps become null and void, unless you are willing to take action—action to start the journey, to occasionally re-assess that journey and to implement all the little steps that are needed to move you in the right direction.

Knowing what it takes to get something done doesn’t really mean having all the answers yourself.  Albert Einstein summed this one up best when he said “I don’t need to have all the answers myself, I just need to know where I can find the answers when I have to.” It also means having the confidence to trust your team.

Most people set their goals first—creating their direction in life without understanding why they are doing it.  Sure they know what they want to accomplish or attain in life, but do they know why.  That is why they are never happy, always searching for more, never fulfilled.  Once a person can answer the question why, their entire direction and goals can be defined.  Your goals will be the stages you need to pass through when your life is directed by a purpose.

Here is where you set detailed tactical action plans that are linked to why you want to accomplish your set goals.

The last step in this process will be posted tomorrow

Fred Sarkari

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