P 14 Keyword motivation keyboard leadership if there is…

P 14 Keyword motivation keyboard leadership if there is one trait that virtually all effective leaders have, it is motivation. They are driven to achieve beyond expectations - - their own and everyone else's. The key word here is achieve. Plenty of people are motivated by external factors, such as a big salary of the status that comes from having an impressive title or being part of a prestigious company. By contrast, those with leadership potential are motivated by a deeply embedded desire to achieve for the sake of achievement. This illustrates two other common traits of people who are driven to achieve. They are forever raising the performance bar, and they like to keep score.

— from Leadership & Business (Leadership/Business) · On Leadership, articles from Harvard Business Review

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Notice what that means about motivation. The leaders worth following are driven to achieve for the sake of the achievement, far more than for any salary or title. And the best of them know that you cannot pour drive into a person who has none. — Leadership & Business (Leadership/Business)

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