• Attitudinal Competence – the Prime Requisite – the ability to deliberately adopt and adapt your best attitude for any situation right now.  This requires mastery of your thoughts and feelings, improving your beliefs and being fully aware. 

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One of the major benefits of Attitudinal Competence is the improved relationship you'll have with yourself - critical for effective self leadership - without which you can’t have great relationships with others.  Remember that great leadership (of self or others) requires great relationships.

• Precious Values and Passionate Vision – Without you being clear about what’s important to you and what your compelling purpose is, there’s nothing to lead for, whether for yourself or others.   With your values and vision clear, you have the means to motivate yourself and have the power to embrace the next essential element.  You must cherish your values and love your vision or purpose; otherwise they’ll not be worth the effort.

• Self Discipline – The ability to consistently do what’s best and most important for your well being and your purpose.  This is made easy when you have both Attitudinal Competence and passionate clarity about your values and vision.

• Develop a Plan and Simple Systems – Planning and processes or systems are essential for task and goal achievement.  Keep it simple and straightforward.  Unnecessary complexity breeds bureaucracy and mediocrity.

• Focus on Your Strengths - Wasting time on weaknesses is what mediocre bureaucracies do well.  Outsource or delegate areas of weakness and maximise on your strengths and talents. It is well documented that truly successful people and organisations focus on their strengths.

• Consistent Correct Practice – The difference between a novice and a master is only consistent correct practice.  High performance requires consistent correct practice.  If you are doing what you love then you’ll love the practice of it too!

• Choose a Mentor and a Coach – Your mentor needs to have experience in your field of endeavour and be willing to share and reflect with you.  Your coach requires the skills of encouraging and helping you to continuously improve.  No champion in any field of endeavour is without a mentor and coach.

• Invest in Yourself - Seeking security in materiality or postion is illusionary and temporary at best.  Lasting security is to be adding value to yourself, so invest in your own continuous development.  Are you willing to pay what you seek to charge others?   Your response is an indicator of whether you are willing enough to invest in yourself.