The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

I believe the bottom line in leadership isn’t how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others. That is achieved by serving others and adding value to their lives.

You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion.... The heart comes before the head.

Right action + wrong time = resistance from your team

The heart of good leadership is sacrifice.

A leader is the one who climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, ‘Wrong jungle!

You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning within your own.

Victorious leaders possess an unwillingness to accept defeat. The alternative to winning is totally unacceptable to them.

Followers may doubt what their leaders say, but they usually believe what they do.

Leading well is not about enriching yourself—it’s about empowering others.

Act like a natural leader: communicate a vision, live with integrity, and be excellent at what you do.

One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you.

To build trust, a leader must exhibit competence, connection, and character.

A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do.

Becoming a leader is a lot like investing successfully in the stock market. If your hope is to make a fortune in a day, you’re not going to be successful.

The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be.

THE LAW OF LEGACY - Time is the ultimate test of leadership

THE LAW OF EXPLOSIVE GROWTH - Lead follower for linear growth; lead leader for exponential growth

THE LAW OF TIMING - Success comes from the right action at the right time

THE LAW OF SACRIFICE - To go up you have to give up

THE LAW OF PRIORITIES - Activity is not accomplishment

THE LAW OF THE BIG MO - Trend is your friend

THE LAW OF VICTORY - Leaders find a way to win

THE LAW OF BUY-IN - People buy leaders, then visions

THE LAW OF THE PICTURE - One example is worth a thousand pictures

The more you empower, the more powerful you become

THE LAW OF EMPOWERMENT - Secure leaders empower others

THE LAW OF THE INNER CIRCLE - You are the average of the people you spend the most time with

THE LAW OF CONNECTION - You can’t move to action unless you first move their hearts

THE LAW OF MAGNETISM - Birds of a feather flock together

THE LAW OF RESPECT - You can only lead when you’re the strongest of the bunch

THE LAW OF SOLID GROUND - Leadership is builds upon foundations of trust

THE LAW OF ADDITION - Leaders add value by serving others

THE LAW OF NAVIGATION - Leaders chart the course

THE LAW OF PROCESS - Leadership develops daily, not in a day

The true measure of leadership is influence. Nothing more, nothing less

THE LAW OF INFLUENCE - The proof of leadership is in the followers

THE LAW OF THE LID - Your level of leadership is your level of effectiveness

My life sentence is, ‘I want to add value to leaders who will multiply value to others.

The stronger the relationship and connection between individuals, the more likely the follower will want to help the leader.