Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. - William Wordsworth\n(https://hughballou.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Profit-Compass.jpg)Here's\xa0what I found online when I asked for a definition of "profit":\n\n\nSimple Definition of Profit\n\n\n\n\n* \n: to get an advantage or benefit from something\n\n* \n: to be an advantage to (someone) : to help (someone)\n\n* \n: to earn or get money\xa0by or\xa0from something\n\n\n\nAre You Focused on Money or Results?\nTraditionally, leaders, especially social entrepreneurs running a business, charity, or religious institution, are driven by passion and purpose. Many want to "save the dolphins" without building an infrastructure to\xa0accomplish their worthy mission\u2026that's focusing on passion.\nMany\xa0entrepreneurs are in business to achieve financial gain\u2026that's focusing on money.\nSuccessful leaders have a balanced approach to success. They provide value to others and receive income as a result of the value given.\nLooking through this lens of balance allows a leader to review the classics, such as Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich"\xa0and learn something very different...it's not about money. Even Hill stated that financial wealth is at the bottom of his list of the attributes of wealth, because it was the least important of the traits.\nIn James Allen's classic, "As a Man Thinketh,"\xa0he noted that we\xa0don't attract what we need, we attract what we are.\n\n\n \nHow do you define success? Does your team reflect your\xa0philosophy? \n\n \n\nYour culture is a reflection of your leadership.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices