A Business Leader is a Leader in Life
By Maxim Behar
An excerpt from my book “The Morning After.”
There is not a big difference between being able to manage yourself and your business on one hand, and your personal life on the other. I believe that a business leader is just a leader in life. And vice versa.
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I think that a person should start with themselves, to make decisions, to lead, to set an example. I know many people who do not succeed in business because they are unable to manage even themselves. In the term “management” I do not see some conservative restriction, to ban yourself from doing something. Instead, under “management” I mean calm and normal thinking about what you want from life, and how to achieve it, how to achieve happiness, without destroying everything around you.
My observations on conflicts in both personal and professional capacities tell me that, most often, people don’t know what they want from life. That is their big problem. They live without having serious goals, and their plans boil down to receiving their paycheck, going home, having a drink, watching a movie, having sex, and that is that. As the saying goes, live for the day without thinking of the next.
In my view, one should first think about what they will leave behind, regardless of whether that might be the upbringing of your children, a business, or some knowledge and experience that others can learn from. If your priorities are focused in that direction, it would be much easier to do business, to create a happy family, and to gather nice people around you.
However, these processes are quite complex and can not be put into a simple matrix. For example, you will have a good family if you wear green clothes. There is no such formula. There is a very complex amalgam of many various components.
However, if you are aware of what you want from life, regardless of what it is, everything is going to fall into place easily.
“The Morning After “ is available on Amazon.com and BeharBooks.com
