Monday, October 01, 2012

Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership

Read something really interesting from John C. Maxwell's book, Becoming A Person of Influence. Its something called "Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership" and here is what it says:

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered - love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives - do good anyway.

If you're successful, you'll win false friends and true enemies - succeed anyway.

The good you do today will perhaps be forgotten tomorrow - do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable - be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest man with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest man with the smallest mind - think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only hot dogs - fight for the few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight - build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you help them - help them anyway.

Give the world the best that you have and you will get kicked in the teeth - give the world the best that you have anyway.

If better is possible, then good is not enough.

On a separate note, I managed to add another run medal to my collection. It was from the 10km Xtrail Run held last Sun, 30 Sept 2012. Thought the 10km would be a piece of cake after running a half marathon but I took an hour and 20 minutes to complete the run. On top of that, I almost fell sick later yesterday out of fatigue and the heat. Fortunately, all is cool. The run was also quite a different experience; running in the mud with country side scenery and smells like grass and cow dung.


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