I debated on whether or not to include this in my series on Internet Coaches, but I decided to include it because this is an email I just received from, The Mentors Club.  I recently joined The Mentors Club, because I am finding it more and more difficult to stay on the positive track when surround with people who are not positive.  Sometimes no matter how hard we try, we find that life puts us in close proximity with people who are not benefitting us as far as our positive growth goes.

Does this ever happen to you?  How do you handle adversity?  Should we look for the following traits in more people that we spend a lot of our time with?

The following is a section from the book Think and Grow Rich that I keep writing about in this blog.  Isn’t is amazing how your thoughts do get validated this way?  I have been looking over my copy since I uploaded it to this blog, and now I get an email with some great quotes from it from the same book and they tie into this series.

Here is the quote that I received.  (This quote came from Chapter 7 that was about “Organized Planning:  The Crystallization of Desire Into Action: The Sixth Step Toward Riches”.  Once again from Napoleon Hill in his book Think and Grow Rich.)

Should we apply these attributes to Internet Coaches?  Maybe we should apply them to any coaches.

THE MAJOR ATTRIBUTES OF LEADERSHIP

The following are important factors of leadership:-

1. UNWAVERING COURAGE based upon knowledge of self, and of one’s occupation. No follower wishes to be dominated by a leader who lacks self-confidence and courage. No intelligent follower will be dominated by such a leader very long.

2. SELF-CONTROL. The man who cannot control himself, can never control others. Self-control sets a mighty example for one’s followers, which the more intelligent will emulate.

3. A KEEN SENSE OF JUSTICE. Without a sense of fairness and justice, no leader can command and retain the respect of his followers.

4. DEFINITENESS OF DECISION. The man who wavers in his decisions, shows that he is not sure of himself. He cannot lead others successfully.

5. DEFINITENESS OF PLANS. The successful leader must plan his work, and work his plan. A leader who moves by guesswork, without practical, definite plans, is comparable to a ship without a rudder. Sooner or later he will land on the rocks.

6. THE HABIT OF DOING MORE THAN PAID FOR. One of the penalties of leadership is the necessity of willingness, upon the part of the leader, to do more than he requires of his followers.

7. A PLEASING PERSONALITY. No slovenly, careless person can become a successful leader. Leadership calls for respect. Followers will not respect a leader who does not grade high on all of the factors of a Pleasing Personality.

8. SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING. The successful leader must be in sympathy with his followers. Moreover, he must understand them and their problems.

9. MASTERY OF DETAIL. Successful leadership calls for mastery of
details of the leader’s position.

10. WILLINGNESS TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY. The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers. If he tries to shift this responsibility, he will not remain the leader. If one of his followers makes a mistake, and shows himself incompetent, the leader must consider that it is he who failed.

11. COOPERATION. The successful leader must understand, and apply the principle of cooperative effort and be able to induce his followers to do the same. Leadership calls for POWER, and power calls for COOPERATION.

When you are looking for mentors and coaches make sure they have the characteristics that you want to copy.

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