We often hear unsuccessful people say that 'success, wealth and fame' are just for the lucky few...for the ones who have been blessed with an influential family, who have special talents or maybe have had a lucky break at the right time. Excuses are often started with "But you don't understand...", and then a whole variety of reasons are given as to why they can never reach or achieve the goals and dreams they aspire to. You may hear reasons such as:

John C. Maxwell says that "leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less". The greater your capacity to influence other people to move towards a specific goal or vision that will positively impact everyone involved, the better the leader you are. But people sometimes tend to abdicate their role as leaders in society, church, sport, family and at work because of e.g. laziness, comfort zones, shying away from personal accountability, fear, etc.

Famous motivational speaker, Earl Nightingale, once said that “a man’s environment is a merciless mirror of himself as a human being”. He elaborated on this statement by saying that