The best leaders know themselves best. You are here on earth to connect and contribute. But contribution and connection depend on self-care. Your success depends on your physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual well-being. You can't pour from an empty vessel.
Your success depends on your ability to connect with others. At work, you connect with your boss, peers, clients, and direct reports. At home, success depends on your connection with your family, neighbors, friends, and the greater community.
What is your unique contribution to the world? As Walt Whitman said, "That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." How are you contributing your time, talent, and treasure to the greater good? How are you doing financially, vocationally, and with your avocation?
No matter how many coaching conversations I have, the same issues come up again and again.
Tony Loyd is a leadership development expert. He helps purpose-driven business leaders to thrive in life so that they can connect with others and contribute to the world.
He is a former Fortune 500 executive with companies such as John Deere, Medtronic, and Buffalo Wild Wings. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, talent management, and leadership development.
Tony is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, business coach, and podcast host. He is the Executive Producer of the podcast Social Entrepreneur where he shares positive stories from underrepresented voices, focused on solutions. Social Entrepreneur is downloaded more than half a million times in over 180 countries.
Tony also hosts Thrive. Connect. Contribute. where he tells positive stories of people who thrive in life, connect with others, and contribute to the world in the face of adversity.
He also produces Antiracist Voter where we focus on criminal justice, economic justice, environmental justice, education, housing, health, immigration, and voting rights.
He is a TEDx speaker and the best-selling author of Crazy Good Advice: 10 Lessons Learned from 150 Leading Social Entrepreneurs.
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