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Do You Have a Name?

24 Monday Apr 2017

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  • “Leaders always choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong.” – Orrin Woodard, a NY Times bestselling author of LeaderShift, Launching a Leadership Revolution, and numerous other books on leadership and liberty.

    Do You Have a Name? 

    In the movie Gladiator, there is a scene where the Emperor wants to know who the Gladiator is. While he is somewhat reluctant, he finally tells who he is. Not only does he tells the Emperor who he is, he tells him his legacy, who he belongs to, and what is his going to do.

    I believe we must have this type of attitude to be successful. We must know who we are, the legacy that we carry, who we belong to, and most of all what we are going to do. Obviously, while life is not always this simple, it is something we can put effort into.

    Here is the link for the movie clip:

     

    Here is the transcript:

    Commodus: Rise. Rise.
    Commodus: Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don’t think there’s ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn’t the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name?
    Maximus: My name is Gladiator.
    Commodus: How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.
    Maximus: My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commander of the Armies
    of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

    © 2017 J Clay Norton

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What is your “ship”?

24 Monday Apr 2017

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“Ships are made to go to desired places.  So if your friendSHIP, relationSHIP or partnerSHIP is not with positive people, you might need to Abandon SHIP” – Anonymous 

What a great quote.

Often, justly or not, we are labeled by whom we are around. Self-defeating people only want you in their group because it makes them look better; it’s always about them! Why do we even go there? Is our sense of wanting to belong so strong that we put ourselves in weaker, lesser environments? At what point do we “abandon ship” and find a “ship” that is worth sailing? There are a lot of “ships” out there… Let’s make sure we find the one that enables us to reach our desired place safely while at the same time allowing us to experience the ride positively.

Remember… THINK LEADERSHIP

© 2017 J Clay Norton

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Hunger & Humility

23 Sunday Apr 2017

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“When you combine the Hunger to grow with Humility you become an unstoppable force!” – Brian Nunez

As leaders, I believe we must have a hunger and humility mindset to put ourselves in a position to have a chance to repeat our great leadership moments. Are we hungry and humble enough to get there and once we get there can we stay? Can we create a continuous culture of the best? Society often sees one as a strength and the other as a weakness. They are both strengths and must work together for success to happen. What can we do for our teams to adopt this mindset and have this approach in everything they do?

Let’s be hungry and stay humble in our leadership.

©2017 J Clay Norton

The Man in the Arena

22 Saturday Apr 2017

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  • “Discipline, in essence, is consistency of action.” – Jim Collins, in the book Great By Choice

    Isn’t it funny how all the critics know exactly what they would have done.  As leaders WE are the ones who have the beauty and the burden of being in the Arena.