As employees of an organization or company, we often depend on our leaders to help inspire and motivate us – to push us out of our comfort zones. Great leaders do this naturally to build up the people around them and encourage growth in those whom they lead.

When it comes to going off on our own path we need to still get that motivation and challenge from somewhere. Mentors are very helpful for this, of course, and that’s what our MISO program is designed to help with, but ultimately it comes down to each of us developing our leadership for one, as I call it, although you may know it as discipline.

I prefer to think of it this way because the word discipline can give off a negative connotation – some combination of punishment and pure willpower.

Instead, why not frame it as how we lead ourselves, how we inspire and motivate ourselves and push ourselves to grow, just as our great leaders and mentors have done for us.

And as an added bonus – once you do have people to lead, you will have started to develop some of these leadership skills and the mindset necessary to provide this same guidance to your team.

Here’s your homework: for the next day or week or however long you choose, reframe your ‘discipline’ to instead be ‘leadership for one.’ Think of yourself as guiding and mentoring yourself to become that person who does the things you want to do. Let us know in MISO if this mindset shift helps you out!

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