Example may be your best teaching method. Teaching honestly, correctly or more appropriately is not an easy task, but it is worth it and can give meaning to many people’s lives, including yours.
As Sthephen Covey said: “Your actions speak louder and more clearly than your words. “Actions are the means by which we achieve what we say. You don’t have to trust the person who says one thing and does another. If you do, don’t internalize what you say, you’ll never act on your words.
“Leading by example is not the best way to influence others, but it is the only way. “
-Albert Einstein-
The first step is to find out what we want to be and what we want to do, and then try to convince others. Without that, he is unlikely to lead by example.
The union between the brain and the heart, the alliance of reason with feelings, will be fundamental in this regard; because it’s not all thought, reason, knowledge, emotions and affection. It requires courage, understanding, but also sensitivity and love.
People are usually more receptive when they find someone who is consistent, that is, when there is coherence between what they say and what they do. We all need facts rather than words, actions rather than mere rhetoric.
We think, we read, we often imagine, but let’s not act. A lot of ideas we find interesting until we decide what to put into practice. Then we realized that “between saying and doing there is a long way to go. “Leading without acting is like a fruitless tree.
Leaders take risks, set growth goals for all sectors of their lives, are very brave, not to attack or win a fight to others, but to help them grow: this is the hardest and most complex part.
Undoubtedly, a father who tries to teach his children the value of respect, but mistreats his wife, will certainly fail in his goal.
Similarly, a person who says nothing but lies cannot demand the honesty of others. It’s not appropriate to ask what we can’t give.
People who are examples of life are able to change the environment in which they live and develop, in many cases they are anonymous community leaders who transform their lives and help others grow.
The real example is “contagious”: it shows us how it should be and leads us to imitation. It infects us, as in the case of diseases, but now to cure, to make us stronger and more resistant to the challenges of life. Above all, does it make us see that this is possible?
Unfortunately, when a person becomes an example to others, it is very “loaded”. Any negative detail can tarnish your reputation and good deeds. Are people more worried about showing faults or one?Wrong to praise the qualities.
Many people don’t know how to educate their children because they have never learned and make the big mistake of teaching what they themselves don’t know.
In fact, we carry within us a teacher and an apprentice. We are perfect in some aspects of our lives, but we also have gaps, contradictions, gaps, that cause inconsistencies between our words and our actions.
It is true that there are exceptional people who have achieved the highest coherence and have managed to make their lives a true doctrine put into practice. Gandhi, for example, became an example of life and brought his convictions to such an extent that he succeeded. changing the history of a nation.
A mother took her son to Mahatma Gandhi and asked her to tell the child not to eat any more sugar.
Gandhi replied, “Bring your son back in two weeks. “
Two weeks later, he returned with his son. Gandhi looked deeply into the boy’s eyes and said, “Don’t eat any more sugar. “
Recognizing, but perplexed, the woman asked, Why did you ask me for two weeks, could you have said the same thing before?!And Gandhi said, “No, because two weeks ago I ate sugar. “
Without a doubt, everything has a process and a time. A goal cannot be reached if not all steps are completed. Nothing we do to grow will be in vain; it’s a huge task and no one can do it for us. Is the choice ours and no one else’s?