Speaker Donald Burns delivers a brief motivational message on leadership: leaders must take action daily, commit to the role, and lead by serving others. He warns that the greatest leadership obstacles often come from the leader’s own ego and doubts and emphasizes doing the work you ask of your team.
There's an old Sicilian saying that translates, don't ask for what you can't take. As a leader, you need to take action every single day. When you make the decision, you step up to the big leagues and you make a commitment to play the game at the highest level. Leadership is challenging, and the greatest challenge you're going to find is going to come from yourself. You need to be sure that this is the path and the journey on which you really want to embark on. Great leadership is born from the drive to serve other people and take on the same task that you assign your team members to do. Being a leader means leading.
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