Foundational Qualities To Leadership. From Launching a Leadership Revolution. 1. Hungry.

 Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing."   William A. Ward.

1. Hungry
2. Hone-able
3. Honorable. 

Hungry;  Staying hungry is a discipline. 

• Hunger itself is one of the biggest facets of leadership. Hunger provides the energy to begin, the stamina to persist, and the will to finish an endeavor. It is this hunger or ambition that births leadership. 
• Leadership is not determined by one's birth nor by one's position, as many believe today; but rather it is determined by influence and performance. Hunger is its cause. 
• The gap between a leaders vision and today's reality creates the hunger to change. 
• All of leadership starts with hunger: At any point in time when the leader is not hungry, the leader is not functioning as a leader. This my sound radical, but it is true. Remember, a leader takes people somewhere. The moment the leader is not moving, the leader is not leading.

So how does a Leader stay Hungry?
There are Three Levels of Motivation where Hunger is fed and nurtured.  The first is not quite as powerful as the second, and the second is not quite as powerful as the third.

1. Material Success
2. Recognition and Respect
3. Purpose, Destiny, and Legacy

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