Hot Leadership Tip #6

About 8 months ago, (at the time of this writing) after watching my
son
Landon practice Tae Kwon Do at our local Do Jang, I chose to join
him
in his daily practice and enrolled myself into a three year program
with
our Master teacher.

At first, my goal was to become a black belt.

Once I got going though, my focus began to change.

You see, I saw young kids, even 9, 10, 11 years old, who wore black
belts. And this is no small task, even for these young kids,
however, through my training, I learned something very valuable.

Let me share this short story with you:

One night, at about 3 am, I woke up from a dead sleep thinking about
how quickly I was progressing.

I started out as a white belt, progressed to yellow, then orange,
then purple, then green, then blue, now brown.

Yes, I moved up seven belts in 8 months and to be quite honest,
although I've paid quite the price, I was concerned that I was
moving too fast.

Some people are worried that they are moving too slow, but I had the
opposite problem.

I pondered; was I really getting the proper training?

Was I really getting good enough with the basic skills to progress
this quickly?

Did I really deserve to be a brown belt with such little time
invested?

Did my belt color really mean that I was as good as it looked?

These were the questions I was asking myself.

So, the next day, I approached my Master teacher and explained
to him how I was feeling.

His exact words to me were, "You are not moving fast enough.
Your belt color doesn't mean anything. Who wears the belt, means
EVERYTHING. The real test, begins at Black."

I thought to myself, wow!

The real test begins at the place where most people think it ends.

My ultimate goal, was just the beginning of the journey.

And so HOT Leadership Tip #6 was born for me.

I'd heard it for many years.

I've even lived it in many ways, just never realized it until that
moment.

"The top is just the start of a higher climb."

What the caterpillar calls the end, the butterfly calls the
beginning.

The key then, as Jim Rohn says, is to do whatever you have to do, as
fast as you can, so that you can do whatever you WANT to do, for
as long as you can.


Leaders are movers and shakers.

They take initiative.

They take action.

They are always striving to be better.

No matter what level of success they achieve, they may get
temporarily content, but they are never satisfied.

There is always someone out there looking for some assistance.

There is always someone out there searching for you, as much as you
are searching for them.

There is always someone looking for a better life, a better
lifestyle, more income, more peace of mind.

Yes, there is always someone looking, for a leader.

And by you being that leader that others are looking for, you are
always going to be in high demand.

Remember, there is a HUGE market in this World for people with
belief and confidence.

Get out there and demonstrate how its done.

Lead from the front, from the top and 'til the end.

And always remember, no matter how well you are doing, that the top
is just the start of a higher climb.