It is a powerful shift when you move from counting your own trophies to celebrating the victories of those you’ve helped along the way.
Early in my professional career, I used to judge success almost entirely by my own wins, specifically the goals I hit and the milestones I reached. But as time has gone on, my perspective has changed. Today, I mostly define success by the success of others I have been fortunate enough to help or mentor.
There is a unique kind of fulfillment that comes from playing a small part in someone else’s “big moment.”… Read the rest of the article
Too many people that aspire to leadership roles mistakenly assume the time to develop the necessary skills is when they get a title or their employer or some group bestows on them a position of authority. The problem with this thinking is that “leadership is a decision, not a position” as 
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