6 Exercises to Develop Your Leadership Skills
Digging back through some notes from a recent Rich Dad seminar, I stumbled on these exercises that Robert Kiyosaki put together for developing your leadership skills. Check ‘em out:
1) Discuss people in your life who were role models. Who did you look up to? They could be people you knew personally or world leaders. Who did you look up to… and why? What did they do to inspire you to be a better person?
2) Take a look at the B-I Triangle. In which of the 8 integrities are you strong? Which areas do you need to develop?
3) If you plan on being an entrepreneur and owning your own business, how complete is your team? If you do not have a team, begin interviewing experts in all of the 8 integrities so you can better understand what they do, what is important and what words they use. Remember, each piece of the B-I Triangle has its own vocabulary.
4) How often do you speak in front of groups of five or more people? If less than once a week, begin looking for opportunities to practice.
5) How much feedback do you receive? Do you have someone who will critique your talks honestly and give you feedback? If you do not have a coach or critic, find one and give them permission to be blunt and forthright. There is no sense sugar coating feedback. Feedback should include appearance. If you look like a loser, you will only talk to other losers.
6) How do you measure your success? For example, it is OK to start with small groups who do not respond to you or your message. It’s OK to fail. It’s not OK to quit doing something that is important to you.
If you persist, practice, and keep receiving feedback, your skills, groups and success should increase.
Regardless of what business you are going into, you will only be as successful as your leadership skills allow you to be. Improving them is a never-ending process. Start with these exercises and you will see results.
Your Videos Suck!
Feedback can be difficult to take.
But…
The MOST difficult thing is not on the receiving side, it is on the giving side. Try giving honest, open feedback for an entire week. Don’t hold anything back. Don’t try to be nice. Say exactly what is in your head.
I guarantee it will be the most difficult week of your life.
Now, that’s not to say receiving it is easy either. Has anyone ever given you straight, unabashed negative feedback about something you’ve done that you were proud of?
How did that feel?
How did you react?
Were you angry? Resentful? Resistant?
Don’t beat yourself up. That is perfectly normal. Only those that have trained themselves to accept feedback as just that… feedback, have the ability to look at it neutrally. As something that can help them to get better. As a way of improving themselves.
Well, I received some unabashed, negative feedback about some videos I’ve been putting out there from the person closest to me, my wife. And how did I react?
Exactly.
Anger. Resentment. Resistance. Right on queue.
However, after processing what she had done for me, I came around and was able to take the feedback as it was… feedback.
This Is Your Dream Shot – What Are You Gonna Do?
What would you do if you had four days to spend at the Magnetic Sponsoring headquarters with Mike Dillard and the rest of the crew?
What questions would you ask? What information would you want to extract from them? What would you want to see? What tidbit of information would you want to bring back to your business that you think would take it to the next level?
So? What would you do? Leave a comment and I’ll do my best to get your questions on video while I am there.
BTW, here is the latest video I just posted in my 39 day Challenge series.
See the entire series here – http://johnseiferth.com/youtube
The Learning Never Stops
One thing I learned early on at The Rich Dad Company was that in order for me to achieve success, I must first improve myself. Everything starts with me.
In fact, that is the case in every part of my life. If I want a great friendship, first I must become a great friend. If I want a great marriage, first I must become a great husband. If I want a great relationship with my kids, first I must become a great father.
Therefore, everything depends on me. I must continuously improve myself in order to have the life I want.
Remember the expression Be, Do, Have? I am not sure where that came from (could be Scientology actually…), but it is so frigging true.
First, I must BE the person I want to BE. Become the person I want to become, in all my relationships.
Next, I must DO the things I need to DO. Create the habits, actions, interactions I need to create, across my entire life.
Then, and only then, can I HAVE the things I deserve to HAVE. Each step builds on the previous. It is a package deal. In other words, I can’t have want it deserve to have without first becoming the person I need to be. It is impossible.
And for me, this all starts with continuous learning. In all areas.
For the next three days I am attending a Leadership event put on by my mentor and friend, Robert Kiyosaki. I’ll be sharing the learning as I am able, right from inside the room. I am super excited to be here as I am feeling the crunch of life, in all areas right now, and the only thing I can choose to do, is improve myself.
What are the factors that set apart 7-figure earners?
In a new video I shot with Mike Dillard a few weeks ago, we talk about the specific factors that set the big dogs in business apart from the rest of the pack.
Mike has never talked about this before on camera so I was pretty lucky to get him to open up. The stuff he divulges is straight from his own experience as well as the experience I had working for Robert Kiyosaki for seven years.
It doesn’t get any more real than this.
Check out the video clip to get a taste of the magical fairy dust Mike and I spew forth in this ultra exclusive video.
To get the FULL pre-release video, go to http://johnseiferth.net/the-7-figure-factor/
AWESOME Call with Mike Maloney
Wow. That is all I can say. Wow.
Mike Maloney, Rich Dad’s advisor on gold and silver and author of Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing in Gold and Silver, is one of the smartest guys I know. And he certainly proved that on our exclusive call tonight! He knows his stuff and loves to teach.
Just in case you missed it, here is a recording of the call.
As I mentioned on the call, I am giving away a signed copy of Mike’s book to one lucky person that leaves a comment. So get your fingers moving and leave a comment about the call!
I’ll pick one winner and announce it in the next day or so.
Good luck!
Where Are We In The Gold Cycle?
Mike Maloney again nails this analysis on where we are in the cycle that follows the value of gold.
Pay particular attention to the part about credit cards and the expansion and contraction of the money supply. Amazing.
Stay tuned for details on a conference call I’ll be having with Mike to talk about how all of this hoopla relates to you and me. That is the bottom line – Yeah, so? What am I supposed to do now?
Breath
I’ve learned something just in the last few weeks that has transformed my personal life, my business life and my relationships. It is a super complicated, little known secret that you can only learn if you hike for 37 days to the top of the highest peak in Northern Kathmandu.
It is referred to as…
Breathing
I know, I know. Crazy right? How am I going to learn that? What kind of shenanigans are you try to pull on me here Seiferth? What’s this wicked, voodoo sorcery about anyway?
Well, let me tell you, it wasn’t easy, but I created a very simple exercise that will allow you to quickly and easily master this highly specialized technique in a very short period of time.
Just watch the video, play along and in no time you’ll see the results.
For more, head on over to http://johnseiferth.com.
Syntropy vs. Entropy
R. Buckminster Fuller has been a favorite person of mine to study for the past eight years or so. He is often referred to as the greatest mind of the 20th century.
In this video I share one of the concepts he talked about that actually applies to my business. I think you’ll find that it will apply to yours as well.
For more, visit http://johnseiferth.com.
Questions
One of the basic things rich dad taught Robert Kiyosaki was instead of saying “I can’t afford it,” ask the question “How can I afford it?”
At its core, this simple exercise allows our mind to do what its best at – work things out. The minute we say “I can’t do this,” or “I couldn’t do that,” our thought process shuts down. We stop the energy from flowing.
However, if we ask a question like, “How can I do that?” or “What would it take for me to accomplish this?”, then our mind is able to do its work and create solutions.
Simply by asking questions, we open the space so that we can move around, exploring different possibilities, searching for new solutions. Then, and only then, can new content enter the space for us to consume.
