First; What is a Leader? Ponder this question for a while.

What is a leader to you?

What image does word leader conjure up for you?

Is it someone with charisma? Perhaps it is someone who is able to get others to do what they want? Or someone who is able to get individuals to do impossible? Is someone born a leader or are they made? What about world leaders. Are they bred, made by their political parties or carbon copies of their idols?

It is difficult, isn’t it, to define a leader. But we all know one when we see one or are in company of one. We would like to suggest that a leader is YOU. You have inside you skills and abilities to lead others. All you lack is belief, confidence in yourself and determination to succeed.

Now think of your life. Spend a little time answering following questions:

What are your priorities in life?

Do you know what you want or what you need? Quite often wants and needs are transposed and become confused. Try following exercise:

Take a piece of A4 or letter size paper and write at top: What I want is……….

Now write down things that come into your head don’t edit or hesitate. It doesn’t matter how ridiculous they appear just keep writing until you feel you have exhausted all topics. After all you are only one who is going to read them.

Now, on another piece of paper write: What I need is…………….. And repeat process.

At end you have a list of wants and needs look at them, think about what you have written. What are you trying to tell yourself? Are there any themes? You should now have a rough idea of what your priorities in life are. Can you answer following:

Where am I now?

What really drives me?

What is my passion?

Where am I going?

You now have an idea of what you believe in. What it is that really drives you and is your passion. You now have what text books refer to as a clear vision. A vision about which you are deeply passionate. To be a successful leader all you need is zeal and enthusiasm for your passion and capabilities to put your passion into action. Unlike text books we are going to suggest;

Global markets are feature affecting every industry.

The whole world is watching “American Idol”, “Survivor” and “Friends”, listening to Eminem and Britney Spears, admiring “The Lord Of The Rings” and “Titanic”, and reading latest New York bestsellers.

We wear Malaysian-made jeans, Korean-made running shoes and our kids play with Chinese-made toys.

When you call to a tall-free number, someone in India, via Internet, handles your call.

Jobs are increasingly shipped overseas where companies can save thousands of $$$ using discrepancies in income level. Why pay someone $100 per hour for programming job when you can pay $20 per hour to someone in Eastern Europe and have job done just as well?

Whether you like it or not, you are a part of global markets!

You can either be object of globalization, passive element of world growing smaller -- or you can jump on opportunity and become subject and user.

Those opportunities are everywhere!

You might be astounded to find an offshore company that can handle your website needs for a fraction of money you are paying to your current employees!

Even if you do most of jobs yourself, you might be in better off paying somebody overseas to save your valuable time for something that no one but you can perform.

And not only business-like!

Your business may be run by other people but there are certain things in your life that only YOU can do; one of them is finding a love partner.