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Leadership Principles of the Warrior (Part 2)
In a meeting or whatever the gathering, nothing.
or occasion, do you need attention? Do

you always want to be the focal point? Discretion should be used to delegate
How much do you desire the fixation of responsibility and accountability

talking about yourself? appropriately. Good management strategy D
requires the proper setting of priorities. E
Leadership involves a realization In this, the leader must be decisive and C

that motivation comes from your willing to accept responsibility of any E
guidance and example. Evolved actions taken, and be held accountable P

thinking, time and energy must be without excuses. We should be action T
centered on bringing the wisdom of oriented in our service commitment, as I
your introspection to the presence well as our devotion to mentoring and O

of purposeful action. You can’t act disciplining others. As the “team leader”, N
stupid; you have to demonstrate mature good leadership wants to inspire his or her

wisdom. In the process, you cannot team to productive thinking and activities.
serve two or more “masters” at the
same time, in reflection upon an ancient A leader is an activist. He or she is on the

metaphorical reference. If you want move, observing, analyzing, interpreting,
to play “politics” and pretend you are questioning everything, investigating,

clever, then run for public office. deciding and being creative in diverse
ways. For him or her, there are no idle
Otherwise, be a leader, take risks, be an moments, even when supposedly asleep.

exceptional individual. In the timeliness Leaders work their brains with the
of action, we should always strive to intention of going beyond mental capacity.

manage operations effectively and Higher realms are constantly sought in
efficiently, with compassion. Knowing persevering actions of multidimensional
how the moments of relevance affect discovery.

our operational capabilities and how
it is expended are important things to In today’s world, it doesn’t take much to

ponder. Yet, not for long, decisions be a cut above the mundane, the average,
have to be made. Those organizational the minimum standard or the second-rate.
interactions that waste time should be Instead, leadership concerns pursuing the

immediately terminated. In a techno- possibilities beyond the normal range of
savvy age, there’s no excuse for perception. It is a matter of working by

indulging in wasteful diversions, such persistent behaviors to avoid the pitfalls of
as endless meetings that accomplish stupidity. At any given juncture of people,

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