Ike Eisenhower on the Art of Motivation

   True leadership is about getting results. If you are a great leader, people will want to please you. They will want to follow your lead. When you master the art of motivation, you will find that you do very little incentivizing and very little arm twisting.

   You lead by doing. When others see that you are going the right way, they automatically want to follow you because they know you’re heading in the right direction. Think about the leaders you followed in your peer group or on your sports team.

   It’s not enough to tell people what to do. You must first know the direction you need to go. Even then, words aren’t powerful. You have to start leading the way. Others will follow your lead because they watch you blaze the trail.

   If you are too timid as a leader, you will be devoured. Even if everyone around you is more experienced and more knowledgeable, you must lead with strength. Being a lion is about being strong, but it’s also about getting the lionesses to do your bidding.