PPI #70: Leadership Starts at Home

If you want to be a great leader, start by being a great spouse or parent, because leadership starts at home.

So when I'm coaching entrepreneurs and leaders, they're often very focused on, well, how do I increase and improve my leadership ability to. But they don't think about the home front as well. They just think about that on the work front. And I always say that if you want to become a better leader, focus on becoming a better spouse and parent or a better partner, because leadership starts at home. And there's two simple things that you can do to grow your leadership on the home front proactively. You can just simply ask yourself, what is the one thing that I could be doing for each member of my family that I know that they would appreciate? And you can even ask them, what is it that I could be doing for you? One thing, if I did better, more often, more consistently, that you would love, that you would appreciate. And then, number two, you could just react better to all the things that go on in your household. Think about the things that trigger you. Think about the things that maybe set you off or where you lose your cool. And ask yourself, how can I pause in those moments? How can I pause in those moments? So I can ask myself, what would the best version of me do? How would the best version of me respond in each of those situations? So if you want to become a better leader, start by becoming a better spouse and parent. Leadership starts at home. Think about what's the one thing you can be doing proactively to be a better leader in your home? And what's the one thing that you can do reactively to be a better leader in your home? How can you react better to the things going on? And what do I mean, by the way, when I say a better leader in your home? I'm not necessarily saying that. Okay, come on, everyone, follow me. I'm the leader in this house. Do what I say. That's not what I mean. A leader is a role model. A leader is someone who has grown up, not because they've reached a certain age, because they've stopped expecting people to do things that they don't role model themselves. That's what I mean by being a leader. And I'd love to hear from you in the comments below. What do you do to increase your leadership abilities either in the workplace or. Or in the home front? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. So I hope you've enjoyed that. And if you head over to my website at ericpartaker. Com, you can Also subscribe to my weekly Peak Performance Insights newsletter.