Leading beyond the world of averages

Someone once said: “You are the average of your five best friends.”

Ah…the game of averages. It appears to me that leaders in the 21^st century compete fiercely in this world of averages too. Let’s do an acronym to illustrate my point since we all need to raise our leadership to the next level. Write the word “PAGE” on a clean piece of paper. If you are an average leader or if you are doing things in an average kind of way, you will live a poor life.

P – Poor
A – Average
G – Good
E – Excellent

Think about it like this, average leaders end up having poor friends, poor careers, and lead poor lives. Likewise, good leaders have average friends, average businesses, and live an average life. Similarly, excellent leaders have good friends; good businesses, and live a good life.

Competition fiercely competes on the same “PAGE” even at the level of excellence. However, competition barely exists when you are an extraordinary leader.