questions to pack in your self-leadership backpack before heading to work

Paul D. Casey

Questions

Before Heading to Work!

to Pack in Your Self-Leadership Backpack

What’s my personal mission statement, and personal vision statement, on which to base my personal decisions?

“One reason so few of us achieve what we really want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their

way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” –Anthony Robbins

1.Q.

What are my greatest strengths/assets?

“The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a

contribution. And if you don’t make that contribution, nobody else can

make it.” –Harold Kushner

2.Q.

What’s the boat anchor that’s holding me back in my life?

3.Q.

Blast before you build!

Who is on my personal board of directors?

“Put together a group who have a 360 degree

version of your life.”—Henry Cloud

4.Q.

How am I managing my priorities?

Brian Tracy: “What is the most

valuable use of my time right now?”

5.Q.

“The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation/endurance

for their lives.”—Denis Waitley

6.Q.

How am I taking care of and improving my health?

“We are in the giving profession—but we can’t give what we don’t have. It’s impossible to be an

inspirational leader on an empty spirit….We need to take the time for infilling and reflection so that we

have the inner resources that will enable us to continue to give to others.” –John Blaydes

6.Q.

How am I taking care of and improving my health?

What’s my gratitude quotient?

“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used

one to say ‘thank you’?” –William Ward

7.Q.

Am I pacing myself well?

“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” –Mario Andretti

8.Q.

What can I let go of and get off my plate?

9. Q.“Managers are people who do things right, and leaders

are people who do the right things.” –Warren Bennis

“Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority and don’t interfere.”

–Ronald Reagan

What are my energizing passions and am I doing something in line with them every week?

10. Q.

“If you love what you do, you will never work another day in your life.”

– Michael Nolan

Do I take regular time to reflect/think/dream/plan?

11. Q.

“A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.” –Maxwell

“To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.” –Hans Selye

12.Q.

What do I do for fun on my own time, and what do I do at work to make it fun?

“We are only here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can.”

—Will Rogers

13. Q.What do I need to learn from the painful situation I’m currently in? Negative patterns?

“No pressure, no diamonds” –Mary Case

“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.”–Paul Romer

13. Q.What do I need to learn from the painful situation I’m currently in? Negative patterns?

“When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away

the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.” –Corrie Ten Boom

14. If I have gotten angry or irritable or in a negative funk recently, what’s behind it, and what’s my next step toward resolution?

“Always keep your composure. You can’t score from the penalty box; and to

win, you have to score.” – Bobby Hull

15. Q.What is the “elephant in the room” that I’m not dealing with? What do I fear?

“Not to decide is to decide.” –Harvey Coy

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.”

–Dale Carnegie

What are my boundaries, and how well do I enforce them? Whose ‘side of the street’ am I on?

16. Q.

16. “Differentiation is the ability to maintain loving, healthy relationships with people and yet not allow their reactions, demands, behaviors determine your course of action. A self-differentiated leader remains true to his/her vision, values, beliefs, and calling without being blown off course by the whining, anxiety, and complaining of other people.” – Jim Herrington

17. Q.Where am I going?

“Only as high as I reach can I grow. Only as far as I seek can I go.

Only as deep as I look can I see. Only as much as I dream can I be.”

–Karen Ravn

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