Those who surround you influence you, whether it is obvious or subliminal. Ultimately, you choose who you spend time with, whose books you read, which shows you watch on TV and whose words you listen to. If you surround yourself with people who have a negative attitude, poor work ethic or lack of enthusiasm, the effects will be prevalent in your performance as a leader.

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2. Diligently choose who you follow.

3. Leadership development begins with you.
Before you can effectively lead others, you must
create your foundation of positive influence.

4. Those who surround you influence you,
whether it is obvious or subliminal.
Ultimately, you choose who you spend
time with, whose books you read, which
shows you watch on TV and whose words
you listen to. If you surround yourself
with people who have a negative attitude,
poor work ethic or lack of enthusiasm,
the effects will be prevalent in your
performance as a leader.

5. We all follow others so it is critical that we
diligently choose who we follow and who
we filter out. This does not mean we need
to stop talking to members of our family or
lifelong friends. This diligence simply
guides us to emulate those with a positive
influence on our lives while disregarding
the negativity.

6. Do you follow:

7. • Optimists or Pessimists?
• Achievers or Slackers?
• Givers or Takers?
• Believers or Doubters?
• Motivators or Demoralizers?
• Goal-setters or Short-comers?
• Organizers or Scramblers?
• Energizers or Procrastinators?

8. Identify who you know and how they impact
you. Find ways to spend more time with those
who build you up and believe in you.
Consider how you interpret the media. There
certainly is a significant amount of negativity in
the news today, but you can skip over that
channel and find something more positive to
watch.

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