Self Leadership

I define “self-leadership” as the capacity and commitment both to take full responsibility for one’s own responses to life and to create a life that is personally meaningful and fruitful. Too many times I have seen leaders and people that want to blame others or their circumstances without taking  the necessary responsibility. 

The most important leadership is self leadership. The ability to lead myself, to take full responsibility for my actions and decisions that I make. The more you know about your deepest needs and values, your talents and strengths, as well as your stressors and blind spots, the more you can make choices that result in greater satisfaction and effectiveness.

Accountability is a word that has immense influence upon our lives. Accountability cannot exist without proper accounting practices, in other words absence of accounting means absence of accountability. To practice self-leadership is to be accountable for every decision and action that one takes. I referred to John 1:12 in my previous post i.e. "I have the right to become a son." My goal in life is to position myself as a son in my relationship with God the Father, to grow in my experience in this relationship and to become more comfortable in following the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Accountability is an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions  “God does not want us to do extra-ordinary things; He wants us to do ordinary things extra-ordinarily well.”

I have always said that leadership has to do with relational capacity; it is the way that I respond to my environment! I must understand that I have the ability to choose my responses. 

                                      Responsibility = Response-Ability

  

—Our behavior must be the product of our own conscious  decisions, based on our values instead of our environment and our feelings.