Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Learning from Your Followers

3 things you can learn about yourself by looking at your followers:

1. If nobody is following you, you aren’t a leader. Doesn’t mean you can’t be a leader, but sadly, you currently are not.

2. You succeed where they succeed, you suck where they suck. The people following you will often mirror your strengths and weaknesses. What they suck at, you’ve sucked at leading them in. What they are good at, you’ve done well at leading them in. Maybe you have some strengths or weaknesses you didn’t know about.

3. You are barely better than them. If you have a bunch of 7 and 8 caliber people following you, then you are probably an 8 or a 9. If you have a bunch of 3 and 4 caliber people following you, then you are probably a 4 or a 5. Maybe you are better than you thought. Maybe you are nowhere as good as thought.

Take a look at your followers and tell me what you learn about yourself.

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