The Winner’s Edge Coaching Tips

Loyalty by Zig Ziglar

(excerpted from his new book, Born to Win: Find Your Success Code)
Loyalty is one of the characteristics of great leaders, and the reason we have a short supply of inspiring leaders is because we have a short supply of people who have learned how to be loyal. People who are loyal are loyal to the commitments they make, and they keep their promises. They are loyal to the principles they embrace, and they are loyal to the people who fill their lives. A person who is loyal does not talk behind the backs of those he follows, and a loyal person sincerely wishes the best for others. In one sense, loyalty is an expression of love, because it requires some selflessness.

Few people have become great leaders without first learning how to be loyal. If a person holds a position of leadership and responsibility, his effectiveness will be directly related to how well he learned in his formative years to follow others and to be loyal to them. A person without loyalty will not follow others and is incapable of being an effective leader.

Now you understand why you have to be before you can do, and do before you can have. Be, do, have is a picture of the whole person, inside and out. You become what you are because it is impossible to produce results that are inconsistent with who you are. As you begin to plan your vision and your goals, this truth needs to be an integral, foundational aspect of your character. Then, and only then, can you begin to develop the degree of clarity, the topic of the next chapter, that you need to keep moving toward the life you are meant to have.

Zig Ziglar’s Born to Win: Find Your Success Code compresses four decades of life-changing tools and practices into an inspiring, concise and easy-to-use format for bottom-line people who want to grow and improve their lives “right now!” Click here to find out more or to purchase your copy of the book.

From Denis Waitely’s newsletter, a wonderful article on loyalty by Zig Ziglar.
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