7 Simple Rules for Living with Self-leadership

You may already have broken your New Year's Resolutions, but don’t beat yourself up. Self-leadership is about living intentionally NOT perfectly. Each morning get up, and set a new intention to be a little better today; over time the results will astound you. 

Self-leadership intentions are the rules we set for ourselves. If you want some inspiration, here's a list:

7 Simple Rules for Living

1. Make peace with your past - so it won't disturb your present
2. What other people think of you is none of your business
3. Time heals almost anything - give it time
4. No one is in charge of your happiness. Except you.
5. Don't compare your life to others - and don't judge them, you have no idea what their journey is about.
6. Stop thinking so much. It's OK not to know all the answers. They will come to you when you least expect it.
7. Smile. You don't own all the problems in the world.

Self-leadership for Living

Self-leadership is the practice of intentionally influencing your thinking, feeling, and actions toward your objectives (Bryant and Kazan 2012). The key here is that it is a practice. We are all at the mercy of the algorithm of our D.N.A. and our early conditioning, but with practice and self-awareness, we get better at self-regulation, through learning about ourselves and our environment.

Psychologists have come to the conclusion that we have very little free will but when we set an intention, we change the chains of events that have been our life up until this point. 

In Conclusion

As a motivational speaker, I am expected to motivate an audience to take action. I fulfill this expectation by inspiring the audience to set their own intentions, to be the driver of their life and career, and to say, "NO" to just being a passenger.