Principle of leadership: Don't miss the boat

One of the great principles of leadership is DON't miss the BOAt.

That is to say, let us always be in deep preparation and always be on our toes so that when opportunities struck, we would be ready to take up the leadership to volunteer.

There are 2 things to stop doing and 2 things to remember.

2 things to stop doing: 1) Stop giving excuses
2) Stop idling

When we want to do something, we would always put my heart and soul into it. It is not possible to be passionate about something yet we are continuously not putting in effort. For i.e. if I am a runner and I intend to run the marathon, I must be committed and be dedicated to running. That is I have a schedule and stick to it.

For i.e. When it comes to training for my marathon, I could feel apprehensive to run a distance in which I never covered be4. for i.e. 25km. As a result of that, I would give myself excuses not to run thus far or not to run at all. Or it could be because, I am busy with my tuition commitments, or I am busy preparing for my test or exams.
Well, it is often so possible to be busy with 101 things that running can be made impossible. However, what is fundamental is that, we got to get rid of this kind of mentality, this kind of slackness and replaced it with the striving for continuous growth. Continuous growth which would seek to renew itself and improve ourselves.
Let stop giving excuses and stop idling in our life in order to rise up.

In the bible, In 1 Sam 17:16 It is the classic story of the “David and Goliath” Israelites were at war with the Philistine.
Goliath was a nine foot tall giant who was the champions of the Philistine. Whereas, David was just a boy; a brave shepherd. He put his faith on God in such a way that he had kill both bear and lion when they have tried to carried off a sheep from the flock.
Whereby no man dares to challenge the Muscular giant of philistine, Goliath, and for 40 days, the “Army” of Israelites keep giving excuses not to challenge him, David took up the challenge as he put his faith in god. He didn’t make any EXCUSES for himself. In the end, he defeated the Goliath and help win the battle.

The 2 things to remember is to start volunteering and start initiating

To stop giving excuses and stop idling similar to the red light; that is “no go”. Whereas to volunteer and to start initiating is like the green light; which is “go go go.”

This is fundamental as we start to volunteer our self and start to initiate, we would grow must faster.

“ In learning, I will teach and in teaching I will grow”.

Therefore start to volunteer and grab hold of opportunities. Teach and you will learn even more.