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Ron White's Newsletter
May 26, 2010
Issue 121

Welcome!

It’s baseball season, so here is a baseball quiz....

What do these players all have in common? Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Nolan Ryan, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Randy Johnson?

You may not be able to guess the common trait that I am thinking of. Here it is: not one of these players is still playing baseball. Sure, they are all-time greats, but their time for playing baseball has passed.

No matter how great we are at a task, we are all still mortal and our bodies will eventually decline no matter how many supplements we take.

For me, this is a stark reminder on the days that I work to work hard and put forth all the effort I can. Because one day, not matter how immortal I feel today, I won't have the opportunities I have today.

So make your goal to put up Hall of Fame numbers today, and then one day you can look back and enjoy the effort you put in today.

Oh, one more thing since we are talking baseball, Go Texas Rangers!

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In This Issue......

1. No, Ma'am, I Am by Ron White
2. Quotes of the Week
3. Leadership Prep by Chris Widener
4. Limited-Time Special on Jim Rohn's Best-Selling Program with Bonus!
5. More Information

1. No, Ma'am, I Am by Ron White

As much as I hesitate to reinforce the Texas stereotype, you will often find me with a cowboy hat and boots dancing around the sawdust covered floors of Fort Worth, Texas, to the tunes of country music. I once asked a woman to dance with me and we had taken no more than three steps when it was obvious that she was leading. I gently attempted to take the lead several times and it was like a wrestling match. She would not yield control of the rhythm. It was a stilted and awkward promenade.

I then lowered my head to her ear and questioned, “Who is running this show?”

Instantly, her off-the-cuff reply was, “I am.”

My attention then went from leaning in to her ear to looking directly in her eyes as our feet motored around the sea of cowboy hats. My matter of fact statement was, “No, ma’am, I am.”

We had a standoff of eye contact that seemed to last for minutes, yet could not have been longer than two or three seconds. Finally, her body softened as she gave the signal that she was relinquishing control and smiled as she uttered, “Okay.”

Within an instant of the leadership being identified, the wrestling match turned into a dance that would win any competition. I spun her, twirled her and our feet made their way across the floor as if we were one—in sync and tied by an invisible bond.

What made the difference? Simple. It was clarification of leadership.

Make no mistake about it, leadership is not about rank. It is about role. My effort to dictate the pace, rhythm and moves in our dance was not about control or power. It was solely based upon role and the roles had been altered and resulted in a twisted, stilted dance.

In the corporate world, when an office is not dancing in sync the trouble often can easily be traced back to a leadership issue. When roles are not established and there’s a power struggle, the unit runs as smoothly as an automobile with a flat tire. This is not only true of dancing and the corporate world, but also you in personal life. My suggestion here is not that you are to always be the one directing the traffic of life. The suggestion is that you should clearly know your role.

If your role is to follow, then follow. If your role is to lead, then make sure that you firmly and gently make sure your leadership is certain. The next question is: How do you establish leadership and your role? You do it through stating the objectives of everyone in the office. It is about clarification of roles. Someone needs to be designated to answer the phones, shuffle the papers to the correct bins and process orders. Another must fulfill product orders and arrange meetings. These are not ranks; they are roles.

When the roles are not clarified, the wrong individual can often be found barking orders or failing to complete their mission. This is also often the stage when someone who has the role of processing orders can get discouraged because they feel they are a natural leader and their talents are not being utilized. Make no mistake; leadership cannot be assigned by title. The order processor who is always on time, refrains from gossip, smiles in the midst of storms and serves others has established themselves as a leader, if not in role, then in attitude and respect.

If you wish for your office, home or dance to move in perfect rhythm and find it to be a struggle, ask yourself if the roles are clearly defined and being acted upon.

2. Quotes of The Week

Leadership

“Leadership is not a right—it’s a responsibility.” —John Maxwell

“Leaders know one thing… if they have no one following… it’s gonna be a long walk.” —Doug Firebaugh

“Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.” —Brian Tracy

“A person in authority is not necessarily a saint, an artist, a philosopher or a hero, but he respects truth, appreciates what is beautiful, knows how to behave himself and is courageous in meeting his obligations.” —Earl Nightingale

“Those who will lead in this life must start against the crowd and lead forcefully until the crowd sees the results and changes their direction.” —Chris Widener

“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” —Sam Walton

“Managers help people to see themselves as they are. Leaders help people to see themselves better than they are.” —Jim Rohn

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3. Leadership Prep by Chris Widener

So you want to be a leader? Or you want to be a better leader? It can be done, you know. No matter where you are in your leadership journey, you CAN move forward. You CAN lead better. You CAN lead more people. You CAN lead your organization to higher ground. Yes, you CAN!

But let me tell you this: You won’t do it via osmosis! It won’t just “happen.” Growing in your leadership is not something that comes from the fairy godmother of leadership. You can’t touch the hem of Jack Welch’s garment and become “Super-Leader!” Oh, that it were that easy!

So what does it take?

- Time
- Experience
- Training
- Hard Knocks
- A Mentor
- Discipline
- And a few other things

But let’s start at the very beginning. You want to be a leader. That’s good. You want to be a better leader. That’s good too. But what comes first? Preparation. Leadership Prep. What is it? What needs to happen in order to get yourself ready to become a leader? There’s never a bad time to go through a little reflection on Leadership Prep.

Before you become the leader you want to be:

Count the cost. Leadership is hard. There will be times that you say, “Leadership isn’t worth it. These people are crazy and I don’t deserve this.” It is true. You don’t deserve it. But you choose it. You choose it because you want to lead people. You want to improve their lives. You see the higher ground that they cannot see and you desire to take them there. It will take time. It will take money. It will sap your strength and energy. Count the cost, my friend. Leadership is not for the weak and timid. Yes, the rewards are great, but so are the sacrifices. Prep yourself for the cost of leadership.

Assess your strengths and weaknesses. Too many people dive into trying to lead and end up dying out because they were not honest with themselves about their strengths and weaknesses. They get going and realize that they should have strengthened themselves in certain areas because now it is killing their ability to lead. If you know your strengths, then you can focus yourself on them and allow yourself to be successful through them. If you are aware of your weaknesses you will be able to stay away from them, or hire to cover them, and thus allow yourself to become even more successful as a leader. So prep yourself by becoming exceedingly clear on your strengths and weaknesses.

Settle in for the marathon, not the sprint. Very few—I mean VERY few—people get big leadership assignments at early ages. And when they do, even fewer of the few see things happen fast in their leadership. No, usually things happen slowly. Why do we think they will happen fast then? Because those are the only stories we hear on TV and read about in magazines. “Twenty-five-year-old starts business that grows to $20 million a year in sales in JUST TWO YEARS,” sells a lot better than, “Forty-five-year-old works hard for 20 years and builds lasting business that makes a difference in her community.” Right? Right. So, unless you are one of the chosen few, you will need to prep for a marathon, not a sprint. This is both a mental and emotional adjustment that needs to be made. Prep for the long haul!

Develop a learning attitude. You have perhaps heard it said, “Leaders are readers.” It is true. Even more so, leaders are learners. I don’t know any leader who has attained any level of leadership who doesn’t keep himself or herself on the edge of learning. One of my mentors runs a company that you would all know by name—in fact, you probably used one of their products today, no matter where you live in the world—that does billions of dollars a year in revenue (yes, with a “b”) and he still takes time each year to go to a school of leadership! He is already a tremendously successful leader, yet he is still working on it! THAT is a learning attitude! If you want to lead, prep yourself for it by developing a learning attitude.

Acquire a love for people. In reality, we do not lead organizations or businesses. No. We lead people. We are successful if we know how to lead people. People are the name of the game. And the best way to become a leader of people is to love people. Others can tell instinctively whether or not we love them and have their best interests at heart. If they do not know that we care for them, they will not follow. Leadership is the art of directing people we care for and desire to help. In other words, we love people. If you have an issue with people, chances are you are not ready to lead them. To prep yourself for leadership, acquire a love for people. If the other things are in place, then they will want to follow you.

You CAN become a leader. I truly believe that. If you are already a leader, I know you can become better. Take a long, hard look at yourself and see if perhaps there are some areas you need to prep yourself in regard to leadership so that when you really get going you don’t have to stop and go back!

Leadership Prep—that’s the place to start!

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Ron White's Newsletter
March 3, 2010
Issue 115

Hello, everyone!

The USA Memory Championship is this Saturday, March 6. I am EXCITED! I have been training for this for months, and I am so ready to compete and defend my title!

I have an announcement to make, as well. I am predicting that I WIN! You heard it right. I am predicting that I win on Saturday! Bold? Sure. Confident? Sure. As a matter of fact, I GUARANTEE you that I win on Saturday! No questions asked. 

Now, before you spread the word to my competition that I am predicting a win on Saturday, let me explain. Every year before the tournament begins, Tony Dottino (the event founder) tells the group that each person has already won. What he means is that the people in that room are people who are pushing themselves, getting smarter, testing the limits of their minds and mentally growing, and, because of that, they have already won.

I have trained harder for this memory tournament than any in the past. I didn't think it was possible. The time I have invested has been grueling at times, and I am pleased to announce I have gotten better. Because of that, I have already won. Because I wasn't satisfied with my mental status quo and pushed my mind to get better, I won. The results of the tournament are just icing on the cake.

My prediction for you is that you can also be a guaranteed winner at your goals. How do you guarantee a win? You simply get in the ring and give it all you have. That is what I am going to do on March 6, and I encourage you to do the same in your chosen arena.

Ron White

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1. Potential by Ron White
2. Quotes of the Week
3. Four Benefits of Pursuing Your Potential by John C. Maxwell
4. Winter Reading Special
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1. Potential by Ron White

The stage was a Texas Rangers baseball game. I stared at the batter and muttered “potential” as he held the bat over his shoulder waiting for the pitch. No sooner had the word escaped my mouth when my friend leaned over and said, “What did you say?” I replied, “I said potential.” Her confused question was, “OK…? Potential in regard to what?”

I then explained. “Well, in science they have something called potential energy, and it basically says that the higher an object is, the more potential energy it has. For example, a rock on top of a building has a potential energy in it—if it were to fall. I was just thinking about the potential energy in the player’s bat and how that relates to me.”

She looked at me intensely, somehow sensing that I was telling the truth that these were my thoughts. She proclaimed, “I never cease to be astounded at the weird things you think about.”

Perhaps it is an odd thought to cross my mind at a baseball game, but it happened. Potential energy basically says that the higher an object is, the greater the potential energy. A ball on a six-story building has more potential energy than one on a three-story building. As a matter of fact, the doubling of the height doubles the potential energy.

At the baseball game, when I started thinking about potential energy, I was considering it in regards to me—and you, for that matter. You see, it has been said that from those to whom much has been given much is expected. Based on the fact that you have access to a computer, understand how to read and have a thirst for learning, you have been given much. Or, in scientific terms, you have tremendous potential energy. You are like that rock on a tall building. However, if you sit there, the potential energy is never utilized or accessed.

One of the greatest tragedies of life is when an individual has tremendous potential energy and squanders it. That is one of my greatest fears. I am constantly faced with the prospect of not using my potential energy. To me, that is one of my largest motivating factors. Every day as I age, I look in the mirror and question if I did everything I could to use my potential energy. Did I do everything I could to figuratively jump off that building and expend the energy?

Pent up inside of you right now is tremendous potential energy that could be utilized to cure cancer, send humans to Mars, write a novel or become president of the United States. The great tragedy is not expending your potential energy and falling short. The great tragedy of life is to be that boulder—to have tremendous potential energy—and squander it through inaction.

There you have it. I was thinking about potential at the baseball game. I was thinking about it because I know that humans with nothing more than primitive tools constructed the pyramids, Stonehenge and the Great Wall of China. These are testaments to human potential. They are testaments to certain individuals thousands of years ago expending their potential energy for the ages to witness and marvel at. The challenge today for you may not be a monument for society or culture; however, it is a call for you to understand potential energy and implore you to seize yours.

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2. Quotes of The Week

Potential/Possibilities

“The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.” —Brian Tracy

“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” —George Bernard Shaw

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.” —Helen Keller

“The only waste of human resources is letting them go unused.” —Mark Victor Hansen

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” —George Eliot

3. Four Benefits of Pursuing Your Potential by John C. Maxwell

(Here’s a short excerpt from an article by best-selling author and leadership expert John C. Mawell. Enjoy!)

• Higher self-esteem. People who are constantly learning and growing have a good self-image.

• Willingness to change and risk. One of the obvious evidences of growing people is that they are constantly changing and risking. Show me a person who doesn’t change, who doesn’t risk, and I’ll show you a person who’s not growing.

• Passion increases. When we begin to grow personally, our passion for life and learning begins to increase proportionately.

• Lifting the lid for others. What a leader does determines what everybody else is going to do. The people don’t pass the leader. An organization’s growth doesn’t outpace the leader’s progress. As you lift the lid for yourself, you lift the lid for others.

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