Wanting to be a leader is a very significant step in your personal development. But if wanting is all that you do, then you’ll stay there and there will be no actual leadership to talk about. You may have a grand life-altering vision of the future, but if others don’t see it too, then that vision will never come true.

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This article is short and sweet. You may consider printing it to post–in several places in your office (and carry one with you). Some of these are questions to ask of yourself and others are to be asked of others.

When someone makes a request of you AND when you think of taking on different projects, ask the “asker” one or more of these questions:

1. Does this _______ (activity, task, job, responsibility, commitment) fit with my goals? (Note: This one is difficult to answer if you don’t know what your goals are).

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…..Hope you had a good rest and are all fired up for the year ahead.

…..Originally we were going to spend a few days in Queensland and ended up staying home. An interesting situation occurred which at the time I was unaware of. Three days before Christmas I caught up with an old acquaintance whom I hadn’t seen for a couple of years and asked him what he had been doing.

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Here are the top 50 Rules for Managers. Put them in any order you like. Hopefully they will remind you of something or reinforce a concept you have been using. And if not, maybe you will have an “Aha” moment from using this reminder list.

1.You get all of the blame.

2.You get none of the credit.

3.You are always talking about the future.

4.Your job is to make your boss look good and remind him/her of their excellent choice in making you a manager.

5.Make it difficult for your people to fail, as long as they stay in the game.

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