Ten Daily Actions to Live By

If we begin dissecting my list of "Ten Daily Actions to Live By", it is easy to see how our SAGE Leadership model follows each Daily Action.  Let’s take a look at the first action:

“My life is a message, I will make it what I want it to be.”

As we look at our life we need to dream about what it will look like?  Who do you want to be?  What do you want to achieve?  When they write your obituary what do you want family and friends to say about you?  Another way to do this exercise is to think about your 80^th birthday, celebrating your life.   Imagine the setting, visualize who is in attendance. Do you see every person that is important and plays a key role in your life?  If they were each asked to stand up and say a few words about you and what you have meant to them, what would they say? Are you nervous or confident?

Some people live their life by the clock and not the compass.   The correlation is simple, the clock is to time as the compass is to direction.  So, which do you live by, time or direction?  Are you so busy completing tasks or watching the clock, that you have forgotten where you’re going?   If you live by direction, what guides you?  Do you listen for God’s voice to direct your message?  As a child we dream BIG dreams but as we become adults we supress our dreams.  Open your mind, BELIEVE that you can still achieve your dreams no matter how old you are or what has happened in the past.  The SAGE Leadership model can be your roadmap to establishing a message, YOUR message!  Determine where you want to go from here, and WHY!

SAGE, a profoundly wise person.  As we begin the journey of our life and strive to become a SAGE Leader we develop an understanding and appreciation for the different components. The first component, Energy; is the food for our mind, body and relationships.  The vibrancy of our life is directly related to the compass or direction we are headed, the message we want our life to be about.  Connections are key relationships, those that are most important to us.  Our connections are tools that help us stay the course, to achieve.  Let the "Ten Daily Actions To Live By", guide your compass, be a practical tool that will help you work through daily challenges.  Our influence will be with those individuals that are most important in our life.  We impact others not just by words but even more so by our daily actions. 

Great Results will be the development of strong relationships such as those with our family, friends, associates and God.  Great Results are not just achieved by reaching your goals, but in the journey itself.   To reach the top of a mountain, or goal, by yourself is very lonely.  The true measurement of a SAGE Leader is not how many goals you accomplish but how many others reach the top with you.

Now, view your life from the lens of the future.  It’s your 80^th birthday, imagine the setting, visualize who is in attendance at the party to celebrate your life, what will they say about you?  Did you live your message?

Gary