The biggest characteristics of a leader is persistency and consistency.
This may come as a surprise to the reader, but it is true. The persistency is displayed in spite of failure rejection and obstacles. This is so basic and simple that the people who are looking to the leader can rest assure that she/he will respond with fervor and never give up. Persistency of a leader says I/we will until. This brings faith in the leader, a type of security that can not be bought.
Consistency, this is the key component that many people miss when looking for a mentor or leader. Because we have been trained to look for the quantum leap, we look for the spectacular qualities in a leader. This is not the case. Quantum by definition is microscopic steps that lead into something enormous. The fact is the simple easy to do steps that are performed by a leader are the things that make up all the difference. The things that to the outside observer will probably go unobserved. The leader will just do these things over and over again so persistent so consistent and it separates them from the masses and people are looking for the "magical difference."
What does this mean to you. That you don't have to wait to have people you lead to be a leader. In fact it can begin today. What are the simple disciplines that you can do over and over again getting better and better. The leader learned to lead herself/himself long before others followed.
Joshua Andrus
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