Responsibility

As we look at the second of the Ten Daily Actions to Live By, it states:

“I take responsibility for who I am.  I am responsible for my past and my future.”

Let’s put this Daily Action into the context of a SAGE Leader, a profoundly wise person.  To be a SAGE Leader, you must be willing to take responsibility for your Daily Actions in every aspect of your life.  You MUST take charge of your life.  The daily desciplines you develop and your execution of those desciplines will determine if you are truly taking responsibility for becoming the person you want to be.  Leave the blame game in the past.  Phrases like, I would have….I could have….If only….are the beginning of negative thoughts and actions.  Imagine your life as a Bus, visualize who the driver is?  Did YOUR image come to mind or someone elses?  You want to be the driver of your life, a true SAGE Leader understands that!   Far to many people become a passenger only to regret that action later in life.

If you were not the driver, you are probably wondering  how to switch course from being a passenger to the driver.  Simple, the SAGE Leadership model,  it will walk you through the necessary components, allowing you to take responsibility for who you are!  To be your own driver you must develop daily disciplines to reinforce the following:

Energy is the first principle you must develop and learn to produce in your life.  When you create daily disciplines you create energy.  Each discipline feeds off the one before, allowing you to gain momentum or Energy with each discipline mastered.  Energy is necessary to accomplish your goals and help you take responsibility for the past.  Once you recognize the areas of your life that need disipline you can take responsibility and in turn harness the Energy necessary to succeed.

The second principle is to create the Connections necessary helping you achieve what you want to accomplish, your message.  Daily interaction with those you love and care about will strengthen your connection to them.  As you strengthen these relationships, you will be offered new opportunities to make additional connections, helping you along your journey.

Influence, the third principle, is often misunderstood.  Influence is not power or strength, but rather a sharing of knowledge or wisdom . . . influence through leadership.  By helping others achieve what they want in their life they in turn will help you achieve what you want in yours.  A true SAGE Leader knows that the more they help others, the more abundance they will receive in their life.

As we look at the final principle, Great Results, it reminds me of the phrase:

 

“You Reap what you Sow”

God seems to always share abundance with those who help others.  The greatest reward is to reach the top of the mountain and share the magnificent view with those important to your life!

Gary