We all have hard seasons.

Stages where the ground on which we stand seems to crumble, nothing seems to be in our favor and the winter seems endless.

To know pain, to endure suffering and to feel as though the trial will never end is to be fully human. And to become most intimate with life itself.

“A bad day for the ego is a great day for the soul”, though.

From what I can tell—and who truly knows the way the world works—that which appears to unmake us is the very season that rebuilds us.

Our pain, in truth, becomes a purifier. Difficulty softens us, unmasks us and opens us—allowing the gifts of wisdom, humility and patience to become our new way of being.

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Having mentored many of the world's most successful human beings over many years, I can share with you that they have a lot of common traits.

For example:

—they are wildly curious
—they are less scared of saying yes
—they understand that failure is a gift
—they know that relationships are key
—they agree that disruptors win
—they focus less on cost and more on value
—they relentlessly invest in their growth

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Yes, it’s true: you’re being watched. And so am I.

Each day, in all we do -- at home and at work and on the street -- people are watching how we speak and the way we behave and the quality of our integrity.

The best leaders influence their followers by understanding that every move they make sends a signal to their team on what behavior sets the standard. In my leadership keynotes for fast-growing companies I share the term “LBE”: Lead By Example and note that it’s the opposite of CBE: Complaint, Blame and Excuse (which gets a leader nowhere).

So yes, people do watch what we do, even if we fall into the trap of thinking that they don’t. And our reputation is based on the richness of that doing.

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Joy is the byproduct of being steadfast, loyal and faithful to your most enthusiastic dreams. Give up on these, and you’ll lose the magic that makes you special.

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One of the primary assets of genius is time mastery. [Time management is so old-school; the true sport is to master it].

Watch someone stuck in a victim mentality and a life of scarcity and you’ll see they waste their time.

On the other side are the rare-air few who get amazing projects done, dominate their domains via their skill and lead lives of boundless joy and fulfillment [because service is the DNA of happiness].

The Top 5% of producers, guard their time fiercely. They are up early, have clear daily plans, run elite performance routines and alternate bursts of extreme productivity with periods of deep rest so they sustain their A-Game over a lifetime.

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Take care of the relationship and the money takes care of itself. Too many in business are focused on grabbing cash versus serving people. Yet when your dominant focus is on building relationships with your team, suppliers and customers (who put food on your family table), economic rewards are the byproduct. Get great at building a rich social network—and being of use to as many human beings as possible—and wealth, satisfaction and deep meaning will follow.

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I find myself thinking about the people who show us what it truly means to serve humanity. And when I think of that kind of leadership, Nelson Mandela tops my list.

His grace. His courage. His forgiveness. His kindness.

No matter how busy he was as president of South Africa, he always had time to shake the hand of a cleaner, offer a word of encouragement to a server, or share a laugh with a child.

The true measure of a person is how they treat those who can do nothing for them.

As I think about it, though, I believe the real secret of his magic was that he was an absolute master of staying focused on his mission.

Through times of ease and nights of darkness, he relentlessly stayed true to his ideal of a free and democratic South Africa. A place where all could flourish, regardless of their skin color or ethnic origin.

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