Today we enter the final chapter of Doug Dickerson’s book, Leaders Without Borders. This chapter is titled Legacy and it speaks to what legacy you want to leave as a leader.

What type of legacy do you want to leave?

If you think for a moment, I am sure you can recall a teacher, coach, or mentor who had an impact on your life and helped to guide you to where you are today.

Tim Elmore said, “Mentoring is a relational experience through which one person empowers another by sharing their wisdom and resources.”
The sharing of resources is built through relationship with those you lead.

In Life 101, Peter McWilliams said, “Acceptance is such an important commodity; some have called it ‘the first law of personal growth.’”
As a mentor in your organization, act with an expectation that the best is yet to come.
Where a person has come from is not nearly as important as where you are leading them.
Accepting the people you mentor is the first step in impacting their lives.

Mark Twain said, “Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
As a leader expanding the borders of your influence, you must instill hope in the hearts of those you lead.

John Maxwell said, “Loving people precedes leading them. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
While tempting to measure success by the bottom line, true leaders understand it differently.

Your legacy is measured by the manner in which you accept those you lead, by believing in them, and by demonstrating genuine care for those you lead.

~Evolution of Self
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