You want it, you get it.

More often than not, getting the job done is not as important as building someone up. Before you agree with this statement, you have to internalize the need to value people over things. I was taught as a young care leader that 'Love people, use things' and not 'Use people, love things'. We need to train ourselves to value people because it does not come naturally to us.

There are *four things that everybody wants at some time in life:

• To be first
• To be promoted
• To be great
• To have things

and in order to get these things (without valuing people) we may bulldoze people that gets in the way. It's ok to want these things but if you value it over people, then you are going to be striving for it without the help nor the support of the majority. You may not be happy even though you get what you want. I read this FaceBook post recently, "The great tragedy in life is not in falling to get what you go after. The great tragedy in life is in getting and finding out it wasn't worth the trouble."

*"A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Nobody lives long enough to make them all himself." Many people that have gone before us have made mistakes that we can learn from so why do you want to make the same mistakes? - Ignorance, pride, stubbornness, immaturity... and the list goes on. Many people have died with regrets, knowing they will die alone; can we all learn from their mistakes before we die?

If you want to leave a legacy, invest in people. People will be the ones that will make sure you live on after you die. If you want to be remembered, serve people. If you are self-centered, you will not be on anybody's mind even while you are alive and even if you are, they are just hoping that you will die soon.

Usually, we will get what we worked hard for. The question is, is what we want worth the effort?

We will get what we want. But will you want to keep what you get?

*Top 10 qualities of a great leader (Dr. Phil Pringle) - Good book :)