For Leaders: Creating Momentum

Events that take place in our lives, and the lives of our downline, are not always predictable much less controllable. Sometimes we work for weeks or months toward a goal only to have our efforts thwarted in the home stretch. Our downline experience the same challenges and, often times, this is what has brought them to us in the first place.

When confronted with these situations, we find ourselves wishing for other choices. Wouldn't it be great if we were not in the predicament we find ourselves? Wouldn't it be great if such-and-such had not happened? Wouldn't it be great if we could turn back the clock?

The fact is, we have none of these options.

Responding With Ability

We do have a responsibility to ourselves, our downline team, and our loved ones to push forward. We must respond with ability (the components of responsibility), and in this case, the ability possessed by each of us is our leadership. Where is our energy directed? Where can we do the most good? What are we focusing on?

Are we looking back in anger and frustration? Are we wallowing in negativity and resignation with the Despair Triplets "coulda, shoulda, and woulda?" Or are we creating a vision for our future that engenders excitement and anticipation? Are we helping our team members envision the life they truly desire and deserve?

Newton's First Law of Motion states, "An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion." It's time to get it in gear. It's time to make things happen. Granted, it will be challenging to build momentum from a complete standstill. This, good friend, is what we signed on for when we decided to become leaders.

It is easy - almost reassuring in a strange way - to look behind us and justify all the reasons that have us frozen in our tracks. It's a little bit tougher, yet far more rewarding, to look to the horizon and take the next step - however small - and keep moving forward!