Forgetting that you’re here to serve others is the quickest way to undermine what you’re working so tirelessly to develop. It may seem like you’ll need to place your own needs above others’ in order to lead effectively. While it’s true that you do need to take care yourself, never make the mistake of thinking that your subordinates exist to serve

Instead of measuring your level of leadership by the sophistication of your title, measure it by the human capital you have with others. That’s what really matters.

If you’re afraid that someone might replace you or that your children might forget you, you’re operating from a place of scarcity, and you will never realize your full potential as a husband, father, business owner, and/or community leader. In fact, if this describes you, not only are you not a leader, but you are an anti-leader, more concerned

I want you to start each day with your visualization process—your manifesto. And I want you to cap each day with the same. Did you show up for yourself and others the way you wanted to? Did you gain ground or lose ground with others? When you screwed up, how did you correct it (or how should you have)? What are you going to commit to doing better

Men are interesting. I don’t know what it is about us, but we have to experience pain for ourselves. Too often it seems like it’s not enough to heed the warnings of others. We want to experience all the pain and suffering and torment ourselves. While it isn’t necessary (or advisable), the sting of defeat can serve us well—if we allow it to.

Looking back, the people I hold in the highest regard are the ones who did everything they could—not to beat me, but to empower me on my own path of growth and progress. Leadership is selfless, not selfish. When you learn to empower others, your needs will be served—not because you’re consumed with what you’ll get, but because you’re focused on

Your job as a leader is not to do everything, but to ensure everything gets done. I know this may sound counterintuitive, but consider the last arrogant boss you had who thought he or she knew everything. Were you more or less influenced by his or her smoke and mirrors? Less, obviously.

This shows up in so many ways in our lives as we work to serve and lead others well: When your coworker drops the ball on the assignment, do you sweep it under the rug? When your client doesn’t uphold their end of the deal, do you say something? When you slack off on your own work, do you acknowledge or justify it? When you say you’ll help your

Each moment of each day is an opportunity to prove to yourself who you really are. Make good choices from the minute you wake up to the minute your head hits the pillow. Inevitably, people will ask me what is “good” and what is “right.” I hesitate to answer those questions because you already know what you need to do. You may not know the specific