Leaders plan around their “big rocks”, around their highest priorities in life and business and they never forget them. They are masters of leveraging and delegation!

Good leaders are organised visionary minds who can transform desires, plans and visions into substantial and quantifiable results.  When someone is at the top of the ladder, distractions of all kinds are constant and present themselves in various shapes, commitments and requirements. The greatness comes from eliminating and reducing them so they do not block the way to progress. It comes down to chosing and attending  important things, projects and commitments over spending time and resources on non-urgent and non-important commitments with no real value attached to it.

Steven Covey very practicaly explains this concept in one of his famous seminars. Enjoy and learn from it!

Delegation does’t mean Out-tasking

Delegation means assigning responsibilities for both the end results and the ways of achieving them.Effective leaders are champions of delegation and know that they cannot excel in everything without being able to leverage on others’ capabilities. Knowing what and why is a critical difference. However, sometimes leaders cannot delegate due to some life priorities. What is the most important is always on the radar. They are simply other best and fittest persons for the job, so they naturally choose their important family commitments.

Only one life – Your priority is to make it as large as it can possibly be

There is only one life and the separation of personal and business life is often time a big mistake that, if occurred, can diminish all great achievements in other areas of life. Leadership role and business commitments are sources of fuel for life and should be integrated in and based around everybody’s family and social schedules. Business is your servant! You work to live, not live to work. Imagine if this was constructed the other way around, what a denial that would be!

Critical question is Who is the best person for the most important job/task/priority?

Is there a better person to be a father or mother to your kids? Is there a better person to be the best possible husband or wife to your spouse? Don’t think so! Knowing your Big Rocks, your highest priorities, and base your other commitments around them will make you the leader, a more fulfilled and happier person. You achieve more when you put what matters the most as your top priority in life. If you neglect your top priorities, reality will hunt you down!