S2E222 The Leader's Edge
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
What are the qualities of an exceptional leader? In this special replay episode, recorded live at The Peak Experience, Brian shares why great leadership starts with you and why you must embrace your unique gifts, styles and opportunities if you want to be an outstanding leader in business and in life.
YOU WILL LEARN:
- Why you must uncover your own leadership style.
- Seven chaotic leadership styles.
- Five qualities of an exceptional leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” by Stephen R. Covey
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Leadership is not discovered; leadership is uncovered.” – Brian Buffini
“I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.” – Herbert Swope
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” – Stephen R. Covey
“You set a goal, and you hit the goal, and you beat the goal – and winning becomes who you are.” – Brian Buffini
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life Podcast. Today we've got a powerful session for you called |
| 0:07.2 | The Leaders Edge and for any of you listeners who'd like to attend our flagship |
| 0:11.2 | event the Leadership Conference is in just a few weeks at the |
| 0:14.9 | legendary Arizona-Buildmoor. Head to It's a Good Life.com slash LC to get your seat |
| 0:20.8 | before the event sells out. |
| 0:27.0 | Leadership. Nothing in my life have I avoided. |
| 0:31.0 | I've avoided leadership more than taxes. I've avoided leadership more than any other deal in my life and I didn't understand why for a very long time at great cost by the way |
| 0:46.9 | great cost |
| 0:48.6 | cost economically |
| 0:50.6 | cost in a time, major U-turns. |
| 0:55.5 | I hired many CEOs in my past history |
| 0:58.6 | to run Baffinian company, |
| 1:01.1 | and they were always set up for failure and I had no idea why. |
| 1:05.0 | Because I constantly abdicated this concept of leadership. |
| 1:10.0 | Now here's why. |
| 1:12.0 | Because to me I had this iconic idea of who and what a leader was |
| 1:18.3 | It's these Abraham Lincoln type characters |
| 1:21.8 | It's these you you know, larger than life world leaders. I just |
| 1:26.9 | never could relate to that. And I wasn't willing to be something other than who I |
| 1:31.3 | was, so I'm like, that's not me. |
| 1:34.8 | So I, and I obviously don't have what it takes, |
| 1:38.0 | so I got to get someone to go do it. |
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