If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. -John Quincy Adams

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. -John Quincy Adams

Leadership thoughts for a Monday afternoon.

Some incredibly important lessons to take with you during the week, derived and interpreted from thoughts on education and parenting in “The Courage to be Happy” (https://amzn.to/2Z6zgnr).

• The purpose of leadership is to teach self-reliance.
• Respect is seeing and accepting another person for who they are.
• Unnecessary praise inhibits growth.
• There’s strength in naivety.
• Your friendship is the most powerful lesson you can give someone.
• Love supports the transition from dependence to self-reliance.

What are some other leadership lessons that are important to you?