When the going gets tough, check your values, worldview, or core. By whatever name, each of us responds to challenges from an internal framework, best described by John Maxwell as security, guidance, wisdom and power.
- Security represents your sense of self-worth, or lack of it.
- Guidance comprises the standards and principles that govern decisions and actions.
- Wisdom describes your perspective on life, how its various parts apply and relate to each other.
- Power is strength to accomplish things, energy to make choices, and capacity to overcome limiting habits and cultivate effective ones.
How strong is your core?
Do your decisions and personal conduct change depending on circumstances? Do your core values limit or expand your potential as a leader? Answering these questions requires serious self-reflection. Growth and effectiveness as a leader requires understanding who you are — and where you stand — at your core.
