{"id":338,"date":"2010-11-05T14:05:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T14:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspireme.net\/blog\/?p=338"},"modified":"2010-11-05T15:41:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T15:41:55","slug":"are-you-a-leader-or-a-follower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspireme.net\/blog\/are-you-a-leader-or-a-follower\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You A Leader or A Follower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>When leaders<\/strong> <\/span>make a mistake, they say, &#8220;I was wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>When followers<\/strong><\/span> make mistakes, they say, &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t my fault.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A leader<\/strong><\/span> works harder than a follower and has more time;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>a follower<\/strong><\/span> is always &#8220;too busy&#8221; to do what is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A leader<\/strong><\/span> goes through a problem;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>a followe<\/strong><strong>r<\/strong><\/span> goes around it and never gets past it.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A leader<\/strong><\/span> makes and keeps commitments;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>a followe<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>r<\/strong><\/span> makes and forgets promises.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A leade<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>r<\/strong><\/span> says, &#8220;I&#8217;m good, but not as good as I ought to be;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>a followe<\/strong><\/span>r says, &#8220;I&#8217;m not as bad as a lot of other people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Leaders<\/strong><\/span> listen;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>followers<\/strong><\/span> just wait until it&#8217;s their turn to talk.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Leaders<\/strong><\/span> respect those who are superior to them and tries to learn something from them;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>followers<\/strong><\/span> resent those who are superior to them and try to find chinks in their armor.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Leaders<\/strong><\/span> feel responsible for more than their job;<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><strong>followers<\/strong><\/strong><\/span> say, &#8220;I only work here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>A leader<\/strong> says, &#8220;There ought to be a better way to do this;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>followers say<\/strong>, &#8220;That&#8217;s the way it&#8217;s always been done here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #660066;\">How about you? Are you a Leader or a follower<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When leaders make a mistake, they say, &#8220;I was wrong.&#8221; When followers make mistakes, they say, &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t my fault.&#8221; A leader works harder than a follower and has more time; a follower is always &#8220;too busy&#8221; to do what is necessary. A leader goes through a problem; a follower goes around it and never gets past it. 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