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Leadership
Become the Best Leader You Can Be Today
The best leaders are not born or made. If we say they are born, we must assume that they are born with all the qualities necessary for leadership. That would be a massive claim to make considering that many of the attributes that leaders possess do not come naturally to us.
Great leaders are also not made. Although the good leaders we have in our lives shape our outlook, they can not hold our hands all the way through. We must use our intuition and judgement to develop into the leader we want to be.
So, how do you become the best leader you can be?
The Mindset Required
Some of our greatest leaders have come out of adversity. Leaders like Martin Luther King were called to be leaders at a time of negativity. Although harsh environments tend to lead to resilient individuals, that does not mean they make the best leaders.
We have to remember that Hitler and Stalin are two leaders who were brought into power during times of difficulty. Leaders do not need to be put through the fire to become the best they can be. Instead, they need to be willing to use all the resources available to them.
That means making the most of what you have and pushing yourself to its limits.
