What does it mean to lead?
What does it mean to be a manager or the boss?
Well, it means that you take the lead.
Like Mr Oh, my air-conditioner installer who put in an aircon into my unit this morning. Tweleve floors up and who climbed outside the window with a three-inch ledge with nothing more than a safety harness strapped to the puny aluminum window frame and his worker. When I asked him why he went outside and not his worker, he said, “I’m the boss so I takes the risk. I own the company, the other guy just works for me.”

Leadership principle I learned from a simple lesson this morning. When you lead, take ownership, including the risks.

Getting comfortable on the 12th floor ledge!

Drilling the bracket!

PRIORITY
Pronunciation: prI-‘or-&-tE, -‘är-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
1 a (1) : the quality or state of being prior (2) : precedence in date or position of publication — used of taxa b (1) : superiority in rank, position, or privilege (2) : legal precedence in exercise of rights over the same subject matter
2 : a preferential rating; especially : one that allocates rights to goods and services usually in limited supply 3 : something given or meriting attention before competing alternatives

What comes first in your life? Spouse? Boyfriend/Girlfriend? Family? Friend? Well, I’ve learnt one thing is to put God first. This is because, once you set that priority right, the rest will follow. I mean if you really put God first, then you should be following his commands, which means, the rest will end up well. Afterall, who’s really afraid of their spouse, boy/girlfriend or parents? God is greater than them so you ought to be mindful of where God is in your priority list… something to think about I guess.