Where are you on this pyramid?

3% Self-Starters who look for challenges. Champions with clearly defined and written goals.

 10% Leaders/Winners: goals (unwritten) but are to win/solve problems as they arise.

60 % Average: goal is to make a paycheck/ hide from problems.

 27% Goal is to get something for nothing/ they are the problem.

  

When I was first confronted with this pyramid, I have to admit that I ranked in the 60% of folks whose only ambition in life was to collect a paycheck while avoiding problems. I much preferred to follow a competent leader than to be the competent leader. Since attending my first Ignite Academy and seeing this diagram, I have realized that my aims in life are too low. So, I have purposed in my heart to step up to that 10% level and develop my capacities as a leader in Ignite as well as in my counseling ministry.

Thankfully, I have been blessed to have several good coaches in this business. I am really not a New England Patriot fan, but I have to give credit to Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. They have proven to both be in that top 3% category of champions who look for challenges and form goals to achieve them. Tim Tebow is another example of someone who looks for challenges and seeks to overcome obstacles through his commitment to hard work. In the business world, men like Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Donald Trump have all shown themselves to be in that top 3% of Champions.

Most entrepreneurs fall into the top two categories, while most employees cluster in the 60% average category. Those who are content with being on welfare in spite of being able bodied and able minded, make up the 27% of those who want others to work and pay their way for them.

Moving up the pyramid requires motivation and self discipline. It requires concerted effort toward change. In just a few short months as an Ignite Associate, I have observed and listened to some of the most successful Associates in this business. I want to duplicate their efforts, but I realize that there is a learning curve to do so. So, I am compiling a reading list of books that will help build my capacity as a businesswoman and as a leader of those who join my Ignite team.

Where do you fit into this pyramid? If you don’t like where you are at, what are you going to do to change that? Start to dream again. Set SMART goals and break them down into daily tasks that will lead you to accomplishing your overall goals. Stop fearing failure. Keep trying, and you will eventually realize your dreams!