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Blaze Your Trail!

Pathways to Growth • Aug 14, 2014

 

If you are looking to increase your leadership and success in life, here are some inspiring words excerpted from Early to Rise this morning:


“The answer is simple. You must put yourself in situations where you have to play up a level. You must surround yourself with positive people that push you to your peak performance. You must volunteer when the boss offers up a terrifyingly difficult opportunity. You must raise your hand when the committee asks for volunteers to lead a group through a monumental task. You must book your plane ticket, register for the conference, and put yourself out there at the seminar and in the post-event networking opportunities.


You must, you must, you must play up a level any chance you get.
Surround yourself with the best. Build a better network of people that you spend the most time with. Increase your average. Find opportunities that challenge you, terrify you, and bring out the best in you.

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