It’s Time to Get Intentional

Having written a blog with relative consistency for a number of years, I often get asked, “How do you find things to write about?” While there are many others who write more frequently than I do, and might be more qualified to answer this question, here’s my answer:

“Writers write and bloggers blog.”

This isn’t a blog about writing or blogging, but there is an important message about leadership and learning (what this blog is about) in my answer too.

Leaders lead.

Leadership isn’t a position, it is something that we do.

Are you moving yourself, through your thoughts and actions, in the direction of your team’s goals and mission?

Are your actions in alignment with your professed beliefs and values?

Are your actions worthy of following?

Leaders lead.

Every day.

Not just when it is fun, or glamorous, or relatively easy. Leaders intentionally place themselves in a position to help others move toward a worthy and valuable destination.

Learners learn.

Human beings are learning beings.

What did you learn yesterday?

What are your learning goals for today?

What are you consciously seeking to better understand or do better?

Yes, learners go to workshops, read books, and listen to wise people. More than that though, learners know that there are opportunities to learn every day, in every situation, and when they intentionally tune into the world around them, they find answers, solutions, and growth.

When I got up this morning, in the house I grew up in, as my family sleeps, I got up because I needed to write this.

Blogs don’t write themselves; they require intentional action.

Bloggers blog.  Leaders lead.  Learners learn.

What are you doing with intention every day?

Are those intended actions getting you the results you want?

If not, it’s time to change your intention.