You Are A Leader!

Some people say, but I’m not in a leadership role. I say, yes you are. Makes no difference where you are in life or what your vocation is, you are a leader. I promise you this, if you adjust your thinking and apply the leadership insights and fundamentals you will be amazed at the positive changes it brings to your life and business.  Here are just three important fundamentals.

Leaders Connect With People.

True leaders know the people that work for them. They share in their joy and in their pain or sadness. A leader knows about their people first hand and not by rumors or gossip. A true leader is engaged in the process of training a new employee or client. A true leader cares about people! If you can’t make that connection with people you need to learn how.

Example- I drive about 30 miles to my dry cleaners because they make that personal connection with me. I could find the cleaners that was closer and could be cheaper, but I don’t care. I drive the extra miles because; they go the extra mile when serving me.

Leaders Have Discipline.

“The price of discipline is always less than the price of regret.” Nino Quibien. 

Leaders know this to be true. Leaders hold themselves to a higher standard. Leaders enjoy life and people by living in that disciplined zone.

Leadership is about doing what is right and no doing what is easy. Leaders know it’s not easy to deal with difficult problems, but they do it. It may not be easy to work on you and commit to growing and stretching yourself, but leaders do it.

At times it may be hard to give and see others get the credit and not receive it yourself, but leaders do it.

Leaders Like To Learn.

Don’t make the mistake of falling in love with you.  Always fall in love with loving to learn and grow.

We need to be leaders not only in our own businesses. We need to be leaders in our families, schools, jobs and in life.

*Connect With People

*Go The Extra Mile

*Have Discipline

You Are A Leader!

Lane Resources Inc. 2009

Lynn Lane

Use All Your Power!

Why not use all your power?

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Lynn Lane

Lane Resources Inc.

Never Quit?

When Should You Quit?

So many people are on the verge of quitting…..quitting their job, marriage, business, exercising and smoking etc.

For most people quitting will be very easy, but for others to quit means to fail or lose.

I’ve been playing guitar since I was about 10 years old or I should say I got my first Guitar at 10 years old. It was a Silverstone electric that came from Sears. My Dad knew how bad I wanted that guitar.

I remember how bad I wanted to learn to play that guitar and why I wanted to learn.

I was 10 years old when I noticed a friend of mine Jeff walking across the playground with girls all around him. I went to see what all the commotion was about. That was the moment I knew I wanted a guitar because my friend Jeff had a guitar in his hand. He had the guitar that day to share with the class.

 That Christmas I got mine. I would try to play that thing and got so frustrated I would put it in the closet and not touch it for months on end. Then months turned into years. After I got married I picked it up again and I got myself a better guitar. I would spend 30 to 60 minutes every afternoon. I was still frustrated and wanted to quit again, but I disciplined myself to keep going.

One afternoon I reached over picked up my guitar and music just started to flow with ease. It was as if some other person stepped into my body and started to play. I was amazed to say the least. That happened because I never really quit and I decided to work at it until I learned to play.

Like most people I’ve had so many things in my life I could have quit because of stress or pressure or because I didn’t get the breaks I felt I should have.

I read a study once that said for every 100 adult students that start on the road to a black belt in the martial arts only 2 students on average will ever get that black belt.

Why do so any people quit in the midst of working toward a desirable goal? I think for the most part….because they can’t see the long term effect or benefits of the short term pain of doing the hard work.

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.” Vince Lombardi

At times we could just change our approach or make a small adjustment and keep moving forward to create that end result that we desire.

A marathon runner never quits at the23 – 25 mile mark, but if you check the facts I bet you would see most runners that quit will do so around the 15 – 18 mile marker.

“If you are going to go through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill

My friend Rob Northrup once said, “Never set a goal  you don’t intend to reach.” I agree, why waste your time and energy?

When should we quit?

When you are not willing to pay the price through hard work.

When you and others get hurt.

When you fail to contribute to others.

Don’t quit when the tide is lowest,
For it’s just about to turn;
Don’t Quit over doubts and questions,
For there’s something you may learn.
Don’t quit when the night is darkest,
For it’s just a while ’til dawn;
Don’t quit when you’ve run the farthest,
For the race is almost won.
Don’t quit when the hill is steepest,
For your goal is almost nigh;
Don’t quit, for you’re not a failure
Until you fail to try.

~ Author unknown~

(c) 2009 Lane Resources Inc.

Enjoy the journey!

R. Lynn Lane

How To Turn Your Ideas Into Reality

Are You Complacent?

“Bad business results are both a blessing and a curse. Losing money does catch people’s attention, but it gives less maneuvering room. With good business results, the opposite is true; convincing people of the need for change is much harder, but you have more resources to help make changes.” John Kotter, Harvard Business Review, 1995

Now is not a good time to be complacent or to feel secure as the news media is telling us that the recession is over and that things will start to get better by the end of the year.

I think things will not get much better for a few years, but I also know that if you keep moving and prepare for change you will fare better for it.

Some ways you may help your business and clients as things change.

1. Ask what hurts. Find the one thing in your client’s life that causes pain and find a way to help them through it.

2. How can you make a change in your product or service that would help your client feel better about buying.

3. Stay aware!

4. Prepare for change!

5. Don’t be complacent with your goals or task!

R. Lynn Lane – “The Warrior of Personal Development”

Have a very Successful Day!