Most people think leadership is about managing others.
Running teams.
Building companies.
Directing projects.
They’re focused on tactics and strategies to get people to follow them.
But there’s a deeper truth that most miss:
The biggest leadership gap isn’t in how you lead others.
It’s in how you lead yourself.
I share this with you because this one truth has transformed more businesses than any strategy ever could…
You can’t lead a team if you can’t lead yourself. And you sure as hell can’t demand excellence from others if you accept mediocrity from yourself.
Look at any successful business, and I’ll show you a leader who mastered self-leadership first.
They learned to:
Master their emotions before managing others.
Control their schedule before controlling a team.
Lead by example, not just direction.
The problem is most “leaders” want their team to work harder while they slack off.
That’s not leadership. That’s hypocrisy.
Real leadership starts with the hard conversations you have with yourself.
The ones where you admit you’re the bottleneck.
Where you face the fact that you’re tolerating mediocrity.
Where you decide to finally become the standard you demand from others.
The truth is, you already know what you need to do.
So do it.
Talk soon,
Bedros
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