Leadership in You
b"LEARN TO LEAD YOURSELF \\nIn this episode, Gordon provides us with an insight into the vital importance of understanding and learning to lead yourself so that you can be an effective leader of others. \\nIf you want to understand more about how to be a leader who can successfully influence others listen in now. \\n \\nKEY TAKEAWAYS \\nThe Importance of being a leader \\nBeing a leader is not only about leading others but also about learning to lead yourself. \\nHuman beings are not always good at leading themselves and it is easier to lead others forward telling them how to do it than it is to look to lead yourself. \\n \\nWork harder on yourself than you do on anything else \\nWork hard on changing how you see your students, the way you are, the way you react and how you see life and then everything around you changes. \\nIt always starts with you. \\nMany people around the world are focused on changing circumstances, changing what has happened, changing other people. You can\\u2019t change other people you can only change yourself and how you react. \\nFundamentally we are in control of our destiny, we have the power to choose what happens and how we react to any situation. \\nIf you work on you, everything changes ask yourself what do I need?, what do I lack?, what do I need to change? \\n \\nLearning to lead yourself \\nReal leaders lead they don\\u2019t tell, a real leader puts their white belt on every day. \\nReal leaders understand and strive to learn, to evolve, \\u202fto make changes to grow and learn every day. \\nIn your business, you are the biggest barrier to the business moving forward \\nYou must learn to lead yourself and lead others through what you do. \\nAsk yourself frequently - What do I need to change to get to where I want to be? \\nYou may need to step outside of yourself and look at where you want to be, stop getting on your own way and move forward to realise your dreams. \\nAs a Martial Arts business you get to change people\\u2019s lives, you can serve humanity, serve your community and serve yourself. \\n \\nBEST MOMENTS \\n\\u2018Start challenging yourself\\u2019 \\n\\u2018There are no limits, only the those you create for yourself\\u2019 \\n\\u2018Get out there and start leading\\u2019 \\n\\u2018We only live here once\\u2019 \\n\\u2018What excuses are you making every day, change your mindset and you can change the outcome\\u2019 \\n\\u2018Stand up and be the warrior you are, be the leader\\u2019 \\n\\u2018If you are on the mats your body and mind are strong and you will be bobbing and weaving to stay in control\\u2019 \\n\\u2018The journey of life, every day \\u202fis a battle\\u2019 \\n\\u2018We\\u2019re crazy, it's hard but very rewarding\\u2019 \\n \\nVALUABLE RESOURCES \\n https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/martial-arts-business-podcast/id1401410714?mt=2 \\n \\nABOUT THE HOST \\nGordon Burcham is the bestselling author, 3 x World martial arts champion and award-winning Martial arts school owner. He has helped 1000\\u2019s of Martial arts schools grow and has over 20 years\\u2019 experience running martial arts schools. \\nGordon has been training, teaching, and working in the Martial Arts industry for nearly twenty-five years. After earning his first black belt, he went on to win three consecutive World Titles against guys half his age. In 1998, in the midst of his competitive career, he launched his own dojo which still runs today. After retiring from the competitions, he decided to focus more on helping others in the MA business while still running his club. \\nBurcham has trained with industry giants like Alfie Lewis and developed his street-smart business attitude working with top business coaches. He is now considered one of the foremost authorities on peak performance in the business side of the MA industry. He has proven his techniques work through the transformation in his own personal life, athletic career, and business as well as those of his coaching clients. Burcham teaches that success is the result of forming good habits and moving forward. \\nHe is a real-life success story going from a bullied school kid to earning multiple world titles, with his MA school currently one o"