Spirit of Leadership

CHAPTER TWELVE Attitude #3 Priorities Attitude is evidence of what you think. A ll true leaders are distinguished by their strong sense of priorities. They are always clear about what is important to them and desire to attend to the principal issue at hand. The most important thing in life and leadership is to know what you are supposed to do. Any activities that we undertake consume our time, talents, effort, energy, and life. What we do, therefore, determines who we are and what we become. True leaders have a clear sense of what they need to do. The key to this ability is applying the principle of priority. WHAT IS PRIORITY? Let’s begin by defining priority. It is— • something that has a prior claim on us. • something that merits our primary attention. • something that receives our primary resources. • something that has a right to supersede other things.

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