How Family Leadership gets UnstuckMany people are taught a mental approach to family leadership that leads to burnout and frustration. What is this approach? It's the approach that makes the daily challenges of personal growth, marriage, and parenting more important than the journey as a whole. Instead of putting your focus on your attitude, your character, your ability to take action and the way you communicate with your family - you put your focus on whether or not your family is respecting you more today than yesterday. While it is good to desire greater influence, accomplishment, loyalty, respect, and even a bit of honor from your family - no matter how much you read and no matter what seminar you attend, you will eventually hit a point where nothing seems to go right in your. In the area of physical training - the plateau is not to be feared or despised. It is seen as part of the natural order of training. You improve, improve, improve - then you hit a plateau. If you have a negative feeling and give in to discouragement about hitting this plateau, it interferes with your physical conditioning. Sure, set goals to achieve various levels of accomplishment and success in your family - but keep your focus on the journey. Your influence will be obvious and your family will continue to grow stronger as you remain in the flow of the journey. Question of the day – Are you more focused on today’s challenges than tomorrow’s opportunities? More Leadership Articles
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