Leadership Rituals that Make Each Day Count

In the words of Napoleon Hill, it is not what you are going to do but what you are doing today that counts.

You can learn everything you need to learn in order to achieve anything, but you can never change your leadership until you change your rituals.

Rituals can strengthen and spotlight the values, intentions, and experiences you have chosen to live by; they and can be useful when we are trying to figure out what is important.

Here are some things that great leaders are doing wholeheartedly to make each day count.

Ritual of READING: Books are the understated and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of mentors, and the most patient of teachers. Become an avid reader; invest your time by reading something educational, inspirational, or motivational.

Ritual of LISTENING: Leaders know that time is precious. Give yourself the advantage of learning something new by listening to audio programs—and repeat them until you have digested the information. Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. Learn something by listening.

Ritual of MENTORSHIP: One of the greatest things we can do for ourselves is to learn from a mentors. A mentor isn’t someone who lectures, but someone who inspires you to give the best in order to discover what you already know. Find a mentor, grasp what they have done, copy what they do, and then learn how to improve upon it.

Ritual of FEEDBACK: Leaders embrace feedback both negative and positive. Find someone who knows you well and ask them for feedback. Don’t justify or argue but listen and evaluate the feedback carefully, especially when it gets hard to swallow or accept. Use all feedback to learn.

Ritual of ASKING: As leaders, in order to grow, we must be willing to ask for help—whether it’s assistance with a short-term situations or identifying and correcting a bad patterns. The more that we ask, the more things we will know. The more that we learn, the more we will grow.

Ritual of JOURNALING: Many of the best leaders keep a journal and develop a daily habit of journaling. It’s an excellent way to measure your growth and progress, which is sometimes hard to grasp in the day-to-day perspective. Journaling helps us to see clearer, to remember more, and to see what counts.

Ritual Of IMPROVEMENT: The best leaders dedicate themselves to constant growth. They commit to finding small ways to improve, every day, all the time. No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that’s the exciting part.

Rituals can be transformative. The amalgamation of setting an intention, heightens our focus, elevates our emotional involvement, and embodies our participation in effecting our lives and leading.

Make a better tomorrow, by making each day count.

Lead From Within: When you become a little bit better each day when you make learning a constant ritual. The best leaders are constantly improving, learning, growing and developing.

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Frank Sonnenberg

03. Jun, 2014

I love this post Lolly. I’ve always been a BIG advocate of learning and self improvement. This post shows us the way. It’s interesting to note that people who lack humility stop doing these things. Awesome post!

Have an awesome day!

Best,

Frank

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- lollydaskal
  
  03. Jun, 2014
  
  Self development happens with daily rituals.
  
  Thanks Frank for stopping by and lending us your wisdom!
  
  Lolly
  
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Katie Novak

03. Jun, 2014

“Books are the understated and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of mentors, and the most patient of teachers.” is my new mantra. Awesome post. I need a poster that says that.

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Jon Mertz

03. Jun, 2014

Lolly,

Spot on! We need to embrace daily habits or rituals to always learn, grow, and become better people and leaders. Great message and, most importantly, practices to use!

Jon

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- lollydaskal
  
  03. Jun, 2014
  
  Thanks Jon,
  
  Always great to see you… learn from you ….
  
  Practices make us reach mastery.
  
  Lolly
  
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Terri Klass

03. Jun, 2014

Love, love this post, Lolly as it gets to the most important strategies of leadership!

When we commit to daily actions, we empower ourselves to grow, learn and innovate. Our rituals can evolve into our master plan of the way we want to lead.

Another ritual I like is attending conferences and meeting thought leaders who can challenge us and motivate us to explore the unknown.

Thanks Lolly!

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lollydaskal

03. Jun, 2014

Thanks for adding to the rituals Terri, it is a great suggestion.

Lolly

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Panteli Tritchew

03. Jun, 2014

Great post with wonderful reminders, Lolly.
Rituals are a kind of cultivated caring for ourselves. The deeper and more intentionally we practice ritual, the deeper and more intentionally we care for ourselves. Unless we do, how can we care for others?
Take care…Panteli

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- lollydaskal
  
  04. Jun, 2014
  
  Love the wisdom you brought to the article.
  
  THE DEEPER AND MORE INTENTIONAL OUR PRACTICE
  THE DEEPER MORE INTENTIONAL WE CARE…
  
  love that Panteli thanks for sharing.
  Lolly
  
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sridhar laxman

03. Jun, 2014

Hi Lolly,

Thank you for the wonderful and important post.

Am a huge fan of this approach, I believe our daily actions are either strengthening or weakening our habits depending on what we choose to do.

If I may, I would add rituals of mindfulness, appreciation and empathy to this powerful list.

Kind regards
Sridhar

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lollydaskal

04. Jun, 2014

Sridhar,

Thanks for the addition… much needed and much warranted.

Appreciate your wisdom!

Lolly

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Sam Aparicio

04. Jun, 2014

Lolly,

I read this article’s repost on Business Insider, titled “7 Daily Rituals of Highly Effective Leaders”. I’m sure it has resonated with many of your readers.

I think it would be more powerful if you could document the actual daily rituals of a statistically significant sample of leaders whose effectiveness can be quantitatively measured.

Otherwise there is no way for any of us to tell whether this advice is just your opinion or is based on any actual finding.

Sam

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Mel Jones

04. Jun, 2014

I love it Lolly,

I 100% agree that DAILY self-developement is extremely important to not only be successful, but to also become the type of person we would love to see our kids become.

The final ritual is the Ritual of Application: Applying yourself to your dream everyday. Thats what brings it all together.

– BEAST

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Dilep Misra

05. Jun, 2014

Hi Lolly,

Great article and very appropriate. Daily rituals are really important on a day today life.

I feel A leader should also walk the talk and Daily not only learn but also Teach, Develop and coach people for giving their best.

Best Regards
Dilep

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- lollydaskal
  
  05. Jun, 2014
  
  Great suggestion. Thanks for sharing.
  
  Lolly
  
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Albert Udig

05. Jun, 2014

I love this post. Leadership excellence requires conscious efforts that will transform into a habit. At that point you’re on autopilot.

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- lollydaskal
  
  05. Jun, 2014
  
  Albert you put it nicely!
  
  Leadership excellence requires conscious efforts that will transform into a habit…
  
  Thanks
  
  Lolly
  
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David McGlennen

05. Jun, 2014

I love your closing line:”Make a better tomorrow, by making each day count.” It reminds me of my mentor, John Maxwell’s book “Today Matters”.

Great blog and reminder for all leaders. Thanks Lolly!

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- lollydaskal
  
  05. Jun, 2014
  
  Thank you David for your thoughtful comment.
  
  Thanks for sharing.
  
  Lolly
  
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Ron Hirst

05. Jun, 2014

Great article! If we can become intentional in integrating the practices, what an impact. I think if one can harness the power of frequency, that is, a little every day it would pay significant dividends in the quality of life and the value we could add to others.

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Tarik

10. Jun, 2014

Lolly, I totally agree with each of your 7 points towards being a better leader. My only concern might be the word ritual – which can sometimes be used to mean we pay lip service to something. Your thoughts are more important than that and deserve to be pursued wholeheartedly.

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Hannah Tan

13. Jun, 2014

It is a great way to learn rituals in our daily lives as a leader Lolly. It is a challenge to practice on how we interact every situation that we encounter in our daily walk. It also a way of molding our characters and be passionately enough to take this rituals to grow more and to learn more. Nice share Lolly.

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Lisa Murray

18. Jun, 2014

Lolly,

Great read! I truly believe that each of us reach our full potential to the extent that we embrace these rituals. For me, continued learning and journaling are requirements to stay connected with my identity, my values and beliefs. They help me to best live out my mission statement in a positive and effective way.

Thanks,
Lisa Murray http://lmurraycounseling.com/#!blog/cznz

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- Danielle
  
  29. Jun, 2014
  
  Thank you, Lolly. You give hope and courage openly. It’s tough to recognize when we’ve strayed from what leads to ultimate success and inner strength. Thank you for putting me back where I need to be. -Dani
  
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  - lollydaskal
    
    01. Jul, 2014
    
    Thanks Danielle, I truly appreciate your comment. It is very tough to realize when we stray, it is even harder when we stray to bring ourselves back to where we want to be. Life goes in cycles and we must learn to go with it, the best way we can. Our rituals help.
    Lolly
    
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22. Sep, 2014

Thanks Lolly. This sure has re-enforced my own belief that consistency and rhythm is what gets you results, in all aspects of life. I was just wondering if you may want to add inside out rituals for effective leadership like meditation, exercise, reflection (goes hand in hand with journaling you mentioned) and relaxation, which a lot of us tend to ignore, postpone. A balanced ritual system can create a peaceful warrior (this is a very beautiful and inspiring movie).

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Doug Drosin

04. Sep, 2016

Excellent post, Lolly – thanks for publishing this. What I’m taking away from insights is this: each “ritual” involves LEARNING. I’m sure that I’m not the only one that picked up on this, Lolly: your readers are unanimously life-long learners.

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