13 Things Highly Successful Leaders REALLY Think But Often Don’t Tell Anyone

July 4, 2013 0 Comments

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Many leaders I know are very guarded.  This often shows social intelligence because leaders should not risk losing influence. fragmenting the team, or building walls between people.  Honesty delivered without love and grace divides people.  At worst though, guarded leaders are political and concerned with protecting their position.
Therefore, it is rare to hear a leader completely unguarded.  That is why I love the interview with LeBron James shown above.  Watching the interview with the ESPN crew you get the sense LeBron was completely relaxed and transparent.
As a result, leaders can learn much from how the greatest leaders truly think and feel.  The following are 11 Things Highly Successful Leaders REALLY Think But Often Don’t Tell Anyone.  See if you don’t agree.

• Highly Successful Leaders Are Often Very Tired – “Winning a championship gives you all the energy in the world…A week or two from now, I ain’t got nothing left.  I’m done.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Prepared Very Hard When No One Was Watching – “The first two and a half games I said, ‘Is this how they’re going to play me long-term.’  I watched the film.  I broke it down.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Are Very Good At What They Do – “I’m one of the best mid-range shooters this season.  I shot a career-high from the 3-point line.  All the repetition, all the work you put in, don’t abandon it.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Never Forget Their Humble Beginnings – “I’m a kid from Akron, OH.  Statistically, I’m not even supposed to be here.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Know They’re Not That Good.  - “The Man Above gave me some athletic ability, gave me some talent and I’m just trying to take advantage of it.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Hate Maintenance And Want To Attack -”You see him on the post.  You see him on attack.  Even the dunk he got blocked by Tim Duncan you seeing him attacking the rim.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Need Some Luck – “You need a little bit of luck to win a NBA championship and that’s exactly what we had.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Are Often Insecure – “9 months is going down the drain until we actually got life.” – LeBron’s comments when he feared losing Game 6.
• Highly Successful Leaders Will Take Over If They Have To - “Game 6 coming out in the fourth quarter down by double-digits, basically I’m like if we’re going to go down, I’m going to go down giving everything I got.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Need Help – “My shooters made some shots and then defensively we made some plays.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Will Find A Way To Succeed – “Tonight we got 48 minutes of all out ball.”

And in the famous video below, a triumphant LeBron proudly proclaims two additional items Highly Successful Leaders REALLY Think But Don’t Tell Anyone:

• Highly Successful Leaders Can’t Worry About What Everyone Thinks – “Listen, I can’t worry about what everybody says about me.  I’m LeBron James from Akron, OH, from the inner-city, I’m not even supposed to be here.  That’s enough.”
• Highly Successful Leaders Love Winning – “I’m blessed.  So whatever everybody says about me off the court, it don’t matter.  I ain’t got no worries.”

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