After a week of leadership training in Phuket, the speaker tells 52 participants from 12 countries that leadership is service: it's defined by what you stand for and how you touch others' lives. The call is to act as a leader in daily life.
Well, leaving Phuket, Thailand, it's hard to say. Hard to leave this kind of a place. As you can see, it's been an amazing week with amazing trainers, with amazing leaders, people that really, really aspire to help other people. And it's been inspiring, not only because of the beauty of the place, but because of the intention of the place. Because you know what people ask me about leadership? Leadership is not whether you can stand on a stage. Leadership is not how much money you make. Leadership is not about how convincing you are. Leadership is about what you stand for and can you touch the lives of somebody else just by your actions, your deeds, who you are. This world is a world that needs a lot of good leaders. John Maxwell, great, great mentor to many, said, you know, Blair, nobody ever complained about too many good leaders. It's the bad leaders that we don't want to have around us. But I'm honored to say that from 12 different countries, at least here in Phuket, Thailand, a group of 52 people really gave everything they had, everything they could. Why? For the ability to qualify. To qualify to serve their fellow man. As Dr. Buckminster Fuller would say that there was something spontaneously arousable in them. It caused them to want to come so far, spend so much money to be the best that they could be, and to really support so many people. And I personally moved. I will never forget this week. I will never forget these people. And it's a movement became very clear. That group of people committed to making a change fundamentally the way we teach, the way we learn, and to transformed people's lives and that it transformed the marketplace. From a perspective of teaching, not standing up and pounding your chest, I question people on their motivation. Why do you want to be on the stage? Why do you want to teach? And by the end of the program, everybody was convinced and really had in their hearts is because they really want to serve. Not to be the star, not to list all their accolades, but to be a walking demonstration. Because you know what happens as a leader if you choose to do the right things for the right reasons. Everything that you want will come to you. And that's what everybody here experienced, and that's what everyone here will go away to teach. The world needs great leaders. You may be one of them. So I look forward to working with you. But I'm mostly honored and grateful to be able to serve so many who will serve so many. So as you go about your day today, wherever you are in the world, understand that everything you do makes a big difference. Everything you do makes a big difference to many people that you may never even meet. So thank you, Phuket, Thailand. Thank you making the stage. Thank you success, resources. But thank you mostly to the people that stepped up to be the leaders that they want to be. Thank you. I am moved. You should be moved too. Have an awesome holiday season and a great new year. Signing off for now.
