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Make Your Own Habits


A few days ago I started a series that looked at leadership styles that were made by each individual. It isn’t one type of style but a hybrid of a number of styles that each leader makes the style their own. I listed three positive impacts and three negative impacts of creating your own style. Today I am going to look at one positive and one negative and compare them and contrast them.
Here is a positive impact:

·         Your leadership style is your own – You don’t have to fit a mold but be yourself.

Making it your own can be very beneficial because you can pick all the pieces of the styles that best fit your personality. You also don’t have to be someone you’re not. Creating your own style can really help you be a better leader because you will find success quicker because you are leading in your comfort zones.
Here is a negative impact:

·         You can create bad habits – something you think is a good leadership characteristic may actually be a bad habit and will make you a poor leader.

If you create your own style you can find yourself falling into bad habits. Since you are leaning on your own knowledge of leadership you could find yourself doing things that you think are good leadership methods but they really aren’t. You may find yourself slipping into those old habits thus creating negative leadership.
To counter the negative continue to educate yourself on your personal style. Make sure the practices you use are industry best practices so you don’t find yourself falling into bad habits. Lean on those positives and also get a mentor who you can discuss matters with.
Tomorrow we will look at two more.
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