The Leader In You
“Charles Schwab was paid a salary of a million dollars a year in the steel business, and he told me that he was paid this huge salary largely because of his ability to handle people.”
–Dale Carnegie
The quote was taken from the book The Leader in You
The thing behind the quote of Carnegie is that you should know what your leadership strenghts are, you should know what you’re good at, what you enjoy to do, and lead from that position. And most of all, you should be true to yourself, you should be yourself always.
In the book there’s a story of composer Irving Berlin, who met once with a young George Gershwin while he was struggling in Tin Pan Alley writing songs. Berlin was impressed by Gershwin’s talent and offered him a job as his assistant by triple the salary he was earning, but adviced him “Don’t take the job, if you do you may develop as a second-rate Berlin. But if you insist in being yourself, someday you will become a first-rate Gershwin”. You had probably figured out that Gershwin followed Berlin’s advice.
The first quote by Dale Carnegie told us how important is to be aware of one’ s strenghts. Schwab knew he was good at handling people.
The second story tell us that great leaders follow good advice even if it’s hard to do. Receiving triple salary for Gershwin should be easier for him, but he stood with the great advice of Irving Berlin.
“THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS SUCCESS IS IDENTIFYING YOUR LEADERSHIP STRENGHTS”.
– Stuart Levine and Michael Crom, The Leader in You.
LEADERSHIP ACTIONS
Try to answer the following questions
- What are your strenghts? Think about it.
- Take the risk, be yourself, do not imitate, don’t be second-rate-anyoneelse, be first rate you.
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