The Buy In

“Buying in” or following your lead is what you’ll need from your team. Not necessarily your counselors or mastermind, but your team. Those individuals you’ve chosen or who chose to follow you. They will require more of you than you may have expected, but they will build you and your organization in ways magnitudes better than you alone.

Your purpose or vision must be stated with conviction and fluency. Your mission statement and your plan for accomplishing those things as well. What you’ll experience is that your team members will not only “buy in” to your vision and mission, but they’ll improve on it. Those within your C-suite will happily accelerate your growth.

Pride and ego can be the enemy. Don’t for one moment think about who’s idea it was and who gets credit for something. Lead by example, lead humbly, lead in thankful contemplation of grace. Know that every solution offered is coming to you, through the collective “brain trust” of those with you. Bestowal is the act of giving a gift and those solutions from your team are their gifts to you for defining your purpose, creating a plan for its fulfillment, and clearly it to them and the others leading you and them down that particular path, led by your hand.

Today, Thursday, July 21, 2022, I am grateful that:

My cup is running over with potential team members. Once I began speaking of my mission and a means to accomplish my purpose, experts have begun lining up willingly and freely offering their resources and expertise. Time, money, and wisdom offered freely and happily.

My zest and vigor have increased over the last couple of weeks. My sleeping has lessened, my energy level has increased, and my mental faculties have increased. It’s not like my twenties or thirties, but it’s reminiscent of that former version of myself. I’m curious to see how this version has improved.

I’m continuing forward. I have a history of stopping short of the finish line. A friend said to me, “You’re the fastest sprinter in a marathon” and her statement was true at the time. It’s no longer a true statement as I’ve trudged this path longer than any other endeavor professionally. That may very well be one improvement from my previous version.

“There’s no limit to the amount of good we can do, if no one cares who gets credit for it.”

Be Great. Be Grateful!!!