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How to Conquer Insecurity and Become a Great Leader

By Brandon W. Jones on October 1, 2014 0

How to Conquer Insecurity and Become a Great Leader

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How to Conquer Insecurity and Become a Great Leader

When you say the word ‘Leader,’ what comes to mind? Most people visualize a strong, assertive, confident and successful person. Do you think a leader can be insecure? Quite surprisingly, it happens more often than you can imagine. Before moving on, let’s take a look at what does the word ‘insecure’ mean? According to Webster’s dictionary: “Not confident about yourself or your ability to do things well: nervous and uncomfortable.”

The above definition doesn’t paint the picture of a leader, does it? Insecurity seems to be an antithesis to leadership but, nonetheless, many leaders are afflicted by it. So, if you are in a leadership position, you should know some of the signs of an insecure person so that you can try to avoid it.

Some of the resounding thoughts in an insecure leader’s mind are: I can’t do it, because if I put myself on the line, people may see my weaknesses. I should appear to be distant so that people can’t see the real extent of my abilities. [Read more…] about How to Conquer Insecurity and Become a Great Leader

Overcoming Fears in the Business World

By Brandon W. Jones on February 21, 2014 0

Overcoming Fears in the Business World

In the business world, there are many challenges that we face on a regular basis. One of the biggest difficulties is overcoming fears. They present themselves in many forms all the time. In the video below, I explain how overcoming fears can be made easy.

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to success in the business world is fear. Most people face fear in one form or another all the time. Sometimes it is the fear of losing your current job, not getting the next promotion, speaking in front of others, or something else altogether. Fear is the opposite of faith and can be difficult to overcome.

So how can you overcome your fear? How you face your fears determines whether or not you are successful. Fear can be a strong positive motivator when used properly, however, it can also lead to your destruction. You can overcome you fears and be successful by doing the following three things:

Overcoming Fears in the Business World

Know Your Self-Worth

When you realize your own self-worth, the sky becomes the limit to what you can do. Marianne Williamson made a powerful statement about self-worth. She said:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?” Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of “A Course in Miracles,” 1992

As the quote points out, each individual has great self-worth. When you know and understand your own self-worth, your self-confidence grows. [Read more…] about Overcoming Fears in the Business World

Misunderstandings About Change

By Brandon W. Jones on January 27, 2014 0

Change is very applicable to leadership. Leaders regularly drive change. As they drive change, they will face resistance. There will be people that will think the leader doesn’t understand them or how they have done things. They will fight change at all cost. In most cases, it will be because they have a misunderstanding about change.

Many people have misunderstandings about change. Some people think that if they don’t want change it will just go away. Others think that change will slow down if they don’t change quickly. They think that when they stop changing their surroundings will also stop changing. There is also a wide range of other misunderstandings about change. However, they are just that, they are misunderstandings about change.

Misunderstandings About ChangeChange happens all the time. The only thing constant about change is that it is always happens. For some people, change happens so often that they call it the “flavor of the week.” With change happening so frequently, it is important to understand it and know the common misunderstandings about change so you don’t fall trap to them. [Read more…] about Misunderstandings About Change

Learn To Be Fearless

By Brandon W. Jones on May 8, 2013 0

Learn To Be Fearless

As a leader, learning to be fearless is invaluable.  The fearless leader is not afraid of what others think.  He doesn’t get paralyzed by fear.  The fearless leader thinks outside the box.  He fears nothing and changes when necessary for improvement.  The fearless leader doesn’t use or think about words like “challenge” or “problem,” but instead talks of “opportunities” and “blessings.”

Learn To Be Fearless

The Fearless Culture

Several years ago, I was a missionary for my church.  During that time, I spent 12 hours a day teaching people about Jesus Christ.  I spent time walking up and down the streets and going door-to-door to find people to teach.  People regularly ignored me and/or reject me because of the message I shared.  Sometimes people even yelled  and were very rude.

In that environment, I was very fear or discouraged at first because of the rejection.  I didn’t like being rejected.  The leaders that I worked under, however, created a fearless culture.  Each week he taught us the importance of being fearless.  His goal was to change our mindset so we only thought about being fearless.

[Read more…] about Learn To Be Fearless

Create Value Through Leadership

By Brandon W. Jones on February 27, 2013 0

Why is it that in today’s economy people are more afraid than ever of losing their jobs?  People have a big fear that if they lose their job, they will be out of work and won’t be able to find a new job.  If that happens, they fear they won’t be able to support their family.  They fear they won’t have enough money to take care of their family.  From there, the fear is that the whole world will come down.  This is a very real fear because the current economy is still recovering from the worst recession since the Great Depression.

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Do you create value for society?

So how do you overcome this fear?  What is your answer to the following question, “Do you create value for society?”  Overcoming your fear starts with knowing your own value.  You must know that you create value for your employer, your family, and society as a whole.  If you find yourself in the situation mentioned above, you must think of it as the company’s loss and not yours if you know that you create value.  Just because the company doesn’t value you enough to keep you employed doesn’t mean you are not a valuable employee.  As a leader, you possess unique talents.  You probably have the ability to take a struggling team and make them productive.  Or, you have the ability to get the most out of each individual on your team.  Think of how you create value by what you bring to the table as you move on.  Focus on that value and leverage it for your benefit and the benefit of others. [Read more…] about Create Value Through Leadership

Have Courage To Be The Leader

By Brandon W. Jones on May 21, 2012 8

You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face… You must do the thing you cannot do.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

It seems like most, if not all, people have something that they really fear.  Fears can be very real at times.  They can cause people to freeze up and tremble.  Other times, fear and keep people from moving forward on their goals.  As a leader, it can be easy to let fear get a hold of you.  There are many things that you may fear as a leader.  Some of those fears may include:

1.  Fear of rejection
2.  Fear of inadequacy
3.  Fear of the unknown
4.  Fear of underperformance
5.  Fear of lack of control [Read more…] about Have Courage To Be The Leader

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