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* Self Improvement and Personal Growth Weekly Newsletter *
Issue #884, Week of August 17-18, 2015
Publisher: David Riklan - http://www.SelfGrowth.com
In this issue:
-- Quotes of the Week
-- Article: Awaken the Leader In You: 10 easy steps to developing your leadership skills - By Sharif Khan
-- Article: The Top Ten Tips for Being an Excellent Listener - By Dr. Clare Albright, Psychologist and Professional Coach
-- Book Review: The Five Love Languages: Five Love Languages - By Gary Chapman
-- How to Advertise in the Self Improvement Newsletter
-- How to Subscribe and Unsubscribe from this Newsletter
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*** Quotes of the Week ***
------------------------------------------------------------ Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing." -Albert Schweitzer, 1875-1965, German Born Medical Missionary, Theologian, Musician, and Philosopher Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. - Mary Anne Roadacher-Hershey The most essential factor is persistence, - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. -James Whitcomb Riley, 1849-1916, American Poet ------------------------------------------------------------
*** ARTICLE: Awaken the Leader In You: 10 easy steps to developing your leadership skills - By Sharif Khan ***
------------------------------------------------------------ "The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit." - Mark Twain Many motivational experts like to say that leaders are made, not born. I would argue the exact opposite. I believe we are all natural born leaders, but have been deprogrammed along the way. As children, we were natural leaders - curious and humble, always hungry and thirsty for knowledge, with an incredibly vivid imagination; we knew exactly what we wanted, were persistent and determined in getting what we wanted, and had the ability to motivate, inspire, and influence everyone around us to help us in accomplishing our mission. So why is this so difficult to do as adults? What happened? As children, over time, we got used to hearing, No, Don't, and Can't. No! Don't do this. Don't do that. You can't do this. You can't do that. No! Many of our parents told us to keep quiet and not disturb the adults by asking silly questions. This pattern continued into high school with our teachers telling us what we could do and couldn't do and what was possible. Then many of us got hit with the big one institutionalized formal education known as college or university. Unfortunately, the traditional educational system doesn't teach students how to become leaders; it teaches students how to become polite order takers for the corporate world. Instead of learning to become creative, independent, self-reliant, and think for themselves, most people learn how to obey and intelligently follow rules to keep the corporate machine humming. Developing the Leader in you to live your highest life, then, requires a process of unlearning by self-remembering and self-honoring. Being an effective leader again will require you to be brave and unlock the door to your inner attic, where your childhood dreams lie, going inside to the heart. Based on my over ten years research in the area of human development and leadership, here are ten easy steps you can take to awaken the Leader in you and rekindle your passion for greatness. 1. Humility. Leadership starts with humility. To be a highly successful leader, you must first humble yourself like a little child and be willing to serve others. Nobody wants to follow someone who is arrogant. Be humble as a child, always curious, always hungry and thirsty for knowledge. For what is excellence but knowledge plus knowledge plus knowledge - always wanting to better yourself, always improving, always growing.
When you are humble, you become genuinely interested in people because you want to learn from them. And because you want to learn and grow, you will be a far more effective listener, which is the #1 leadership communication tool. When people sense you are genuinely interested in them, and listening to them, they will naturally be interested in you and listen to what you have to say. ** To read the full article, go here. ------------------------------------------------------------
*** ARTICLE: The Top Ten Tips for Being an Excellent Listener - By Dr. Clare Albright, Psychologist and Professional Coach ***
------------------------------------------------------------ One of the biggest secrets for being successful with both your personal and your business goals is learning the skills of listening with excellence. Pick one of the tips below and practice applying it throughout the day today. 1. Detect whether the person talking to you is expressing facts or feelings. Respond with extra care and sensitivity when the person who you are listening to is coming from the more subjective domain of feelings and opinions. 2. Respond fully to the feelings that someone shares before responding with the facts. For example, when a child says, "I am afraid that there is a monster under the bed," few parents provide an empathetic response such as, "Sounds like you had a scary night." Most parents reassure the child prematurely by saying something like, "Don't worry, there are no monsters." This objective response can make the child feel alone and that their feelings are unimportant. 3. Use silence when the person talking to you is sharing feelings and you do not know what to say. Simply nod in understanding and let yourself be touched by what they are saying. Resist the temptation to say something just so that you are saying something. ** To read the full article, go here. ------------------------------------------------------------
*** BOOK REVIEW: The Five Love Languages: Five Love Languages - By Gary
Chapman ***
------------------------------------------------------------ In The Five Love Languages, Dr. Gary Chapman talks about how different people express love in different ways. Some people are verbal, expressing their love in words. Others may never speak their affection, yet they show it by the things they do. Sadly, many couples look to receive love the same way they give it, misunderstanding their spouses. This can lead to quarrels, hurt feelings, and even divorce. However, if you understand each other's love languages, you can learn to give and receive love more effectively. About the Author
Dr. Gary Chapman is a well-known marriage counselor and director of marriage seminars. He is also a pastor in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he has served for over 25 years. He is the best-selling author of The Five Love Languages, which has topped the bestseller charts for years, and has sold over 825,000 copies. He also wrote Loving Solutions, which is a 1999 Gold Medallion Book Award recipient. His other releases include The Other Side of Love, Five Signs of a Loving Family, Toward a Growing Marriage, and Hope for the Separated. He has co-authored The Five Love Languages of Children and Parenting Your Adult Child with Dr. Ross
Campbell. *****
The list price of this book is $15.99. To purchase it from Amazon.com at a price of $8.83, a 45% discount, go here. | 
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