Sunday, November 8, 2009

Leadership Article

The article that I read talks about the "7 Traits of Success Superstars." In this article, they

list the seven traits that the author finds most important in order to become a "Success

Superstar." These traits are: 1. Success superstars know exactly what they're after. 2. Success

superstars are highly ambitious, driven and motivated. 3. Success superstars don't let

them selves become sidetracked. 4.. Success superstars have amazing friends and family to

back them up. 5. Success superstars see roadblocks as objects to break and smash through. 6.

Success superstars never, ever give up, and 7. What do you think should go here?"
Leadership is often times, but not always measured by success. Generally, good leaders are

seen as those who are successful, and "Success Superstar" is just another term for great leader.

The author goes into detail about why each of these traits are important and brings up some

very valid points such as a success superstar should never give up on an ambition or goal. His

target audience is anyone who is looking to become a great leader, or "Success Superstar."

I completely 100% agree with each of these traits. I think a "success superstar" is the

same thing as a good leader. Great leaders must have all the traits that this authored

mentioned in order to be successful. However, I do not like the term "Success Superstar"

because great leaders can be measured by more than just success. I could think this way

because that is one of the main messages in the John Wooden book I am reading. For example,

a basketball team may go 0-15, but perhaps the coach changed many of the kids lives, and kept

them out of trouble... from an outsiders perspective that was a bad season, but to the kids and

the coach, i'm sure it would be a success.

1 comment:

  1. I like that about the team going 0-15...Sometimes you have to lay a foundation and there are many that oppose what you are doing. Eventually if you are a good leader and people buy in to what you are saying, things will naturally turn around.

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