Tag: Dale Carnegie

Lead by Action

People are prone to speak, but often fail to prove by action. It is easier to talk about what we want to do, or what we are going to do. However, the challenge comes in putting our words into action.

Dale Carnegie said, “The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.”

Leadership is about action. We make a difference when we practice what we preach. If we follow someone it should happen because we see their life in action, not in words.

Learn to listen, but lead by action.

Happiness

What determines happiness? Dale Carnegie once said, “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”

Most people look for happiness in one of three areas: 1) what we do (happiness comes with success), 2) what we have (happiness comes with material possessions or money), and 3) what others say about us (happiness comes with image or status).

Happiness is rarely associated with “what we think.”

By leading with this mindset and helping others learn how to think on the right things, positive change is inevitable.

The Right Mindset…

Everyone wants to be happy, but what brings happiness? An attempt to answer this question fills every form of media. Dale Carnegie said, “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”

Sadly, most believe happiness comes with success, material possessions, money, or a social image/status.

Rarely do we associate happiness with what we think. What do our minds dwell on daily? Read Philippians 4:8.

Leadership can influence happiness with the right mindset and helping others think on the right things.