Episode Transcript

Hey what’s up? What’s up What’s up everybody? Welcome back to THE a.m guys. Welcome back to five minute rants. I’m your host, Michael Abernathy. And welcome back to the show predicated on the journey of life and business. Hope you’re doing well hope life is treating you good. Hey guys, real quick before we start, if you know somebody whose life would be changed by listening to the show, help them put food on the table, or just better their life in general, would you partner with me and share this episode with them? And share the show with him? Would you help me change lives? Really appreciate it. If not, would you guys rate or leave a review? Much appreciated guys for the partnership.

Well, anyways, today, I actually want to talk about this principle that I think is very important for leadership. So last time, I talked about honesty for teams. And I really want to talk about this principle of making others better than yourselves. So if you’re in leadership, right, your goal isn’t to just get the work done, if you’re in leadership in any place in the company. And I go back and say this, if you’re in leadership, and everybody’s really in leadership, if doesn’t matter, if you are the person who is the final decision, say, you’re still leading people, right? You’re still leading those above you and below, you always no matter where you’re at. And so if you think about it, your goal in life is to make others better than you, to invest in people.

That’s one of the things and one of the primary principles and callings on each of us as people is to make people better than ourselves. And I’m not talking about fix people. I’m not talking about fixing and doing short term solutions, and band aids and all this stuff. But What I am talking about is having this heart of servanthood, to where when you are with people, you want them to become better versus this infighting, jealousy, Let me tear you down, because you have something I don’t, or you have potential that I don’t.

And if you think about it, Patrick had a really good definition of jealousy, which is this, I want the outcome that you have without the work behind it. And What I’m talking about is the exact opposite of that, like helping people get their outcomes, and celebrating their outcomes, but also helping them move forward in life. And it’s so important, I think, especially leadership and a company if you’re if you do have a team under you, and you are running somebody, and you already in a team to really have the heart position of making others better than yourself. Why not make your ceiling, their floor to where people who are really working for you and bettering you? Why don’t you make your ceiling, their floor. And I really think that’s What leadership is like, often I often talk about how I’m just a stepping stone or a stepladder to help people move forward in life.

Now, they may not want the same goals I want, they may not want the same things. But that’s okay. Can I be a stepping stone for them to move forward to achieve What they want to achieve in life faster? To get where they want to go in a better way? Or in a better manner? Why wouldn’t I just so the knowledge that I have over the wisdom, or even just a little bit of work or time if necessary into somebody else, to better their lives. And I really think that this comes from a servant’s heart to where it’s really a heart position, like a heart position predicated on investing in people and building up people, not not just the business. And if you think about it, all business is really predicated on people. Every business is predicated on people, and it’s not money. Money is a byproduct of things, but really the root of business and I’m saying as a whole I’m not talking about every corporation but about the idea of business is really predicated on serving people and bettering people’s lives. And I think leadership is very much the same way.

If you as a leader, are not out to have everybody else’s back and to better their lives. You are failing in you’re going to fail, and it’s going to break selfishness always breaks if you walk down the process of What am I going to do? And is it selfish or selfless? It always breaks. It’s so interesting, too, because oftentimes, we talk about how selfishness seems to be a lot about me, but it’s really not even what’s best for you. And the reason why is because it hurts everybody else around you. And What is best for you is really having a relationship, a network, and a place, a relationship and a network and a tribe of people that you can love and trust but when you’re selfish, those aren’t the people you have around you, you’ll end up attracting selfish people because who you are is What you attract and who you are is What you open the door to to connect with.

And so the more selfless you can become and the more of a heart position you can become of bettering people around you the more that you’re gonna have people in your life that want to do the same to you and I’m not talking about fixing people who don’t want to change. I’m talking about finding the people who value this and want this as well.

Anyways guys, I’m out of time so I’ll catch you later peace