Habitudes

Image One: The ICEBERG: the iceberg represents your leadership. the 10% above the water represents your SKILL. the 90% below the water represents your CHARACTER. it's what's BELOW the surface that sinks the ship.

Image Two: the STARVING BAKER: This is a common hazard for leaders. it's the baker who spends so much time baking bread for others, he forgets to eat and starves himself. leaders must feed themselves for personal growth.

Image Three: Stock-Taking: Leaders cannot perform well if they don't see the strengths inside of them. Good leaders take personal inventory on their God-given gifts. This impacts both their self-image and, consequently, their results.

Image four: Thermostat VS Thermometer: People are either thermometers or thermostats. They will merely reflect the climate around them, or they will set it. Leaders develop values and principles to live by and set the tone for others. Be the salt and light for God- Walk the Talk!

Image Five: The Fun House Mirror: Carnivals often have mirrors that distort how we really look like. Poor leaders do this, pretending or posing to be better than they really are. Our character is the true reflection of who we are. Talk straight, don't swear, don't exaggerate, don't get preoccupied with impressing others. Just tell the TRUTH!

Image Six: The Oversized Gift: Leaders are often gifted. They can begin to depend on their gifts for success, to the neglect of their character. Leaders sabotage themselves when their gifts is bigger than they are. As in the story of... A millionaire who asked a builder to construct a house. He showed him the blueprints, then gave him a huge amt of money. the millionaire told the builder "you probably wont need all this money, but i want u to have plenty to build a solid house. when you're finished, you can keep wadeva money u have left over."

the builder smiled. inside he thought: i can build a house for a fraction of this money. then, i can pocket most of the money for myself! so he did. he began to throw that house too quickly. he puts studs 5 feet apart.; he pounded only 1 nail per board; he slapped on thin coat of paint. he threw on the shingles n barely covered the roof of the house. later, when he was finished, he knew the house wasnt solid, but at least it looked god, and he had lots of money left over. he returned to the millionaire and said, " here's the key to the house." In that moment, the millionaire smiled and responded, "Oh, i forgot to tell you... the house is yours."

moral of the story: perhaps God looks at us and says, "Do you realize the life you are building is your life? you can take shortcuts, but you'll only hurt yourself. you can misuse your talent and try to project an image for your peers- but eventually, the inside truth about you will come out."

Image Seven: Personal Laptop: Our minds work like a computer. They only spit out the data they have been fed. Garbage in, garbage out. Leaders are disciplined about what they invest in their minds and heart.

Image Eight: Emotional Fuel: A leader's future is shaped by the people closest to him or her. A leader's personal network is his emotional fuel: his models, heroes, mentors, inner-circle and accountability partners.

Image Nine: Opportunity Statue: Leaders manage opportunity. Everyone has 86,400 seconds each day to use or abuse. Opportunity is a statue with hair in front, but bald at the back- you cant grab it once it's gone.

Image Ten: Discipline Bridge: Leaders don't build character without crossing the bridge of discipline. Personal discipline is like a bridge that crosses from where you are to where you want to be. It gets you where you want to go.

Image Eleven: The half-hearted Kamikaze: Kamikaze pilots are only useful if they are committed to their mission. Leaders are the same way. You cannot have involvement without commitment and be effective. It goes with the territory.

Image Twelve: Drivers and passengers: When life goes bad, people tend to blame someone else for the problem. They act like passengers. Leaders realize they are drivers- and are responsible for their attitudes and destination in life.