List of Leadership Skills

There are many skills that you will need in order to become a leader. Anyone can pick up these skills. Here are some of the more important ones:

• Relationships Skills
• Team Building Skills
• Planning
• Decision Making
• Motivation Skills
• Listening Skills

Sometimes, it takes a lot of hard work to become a leader. It's seriously extremely easy to give up whenever you face setbacks and not persevere.

 "At the age of seven, a young boy and his family were forced out of their home.

The boy had to work to support his family.

At the age of nine, his mother passed away.

When he grew up, the young man was keen to go to law school, but had no education.

At 22, he lost his job as a store clerk.

At 23, he ran for state legislature and lost.

The same year, he went into business.

It failed, leaving him with a debt that took him 17 years to repay.

At 27, he had a nervous breakdown.

Two years later, he tried for the post of speaker in his state legislature.

He lost.

At 31, he was defeated in his attempt to become an elector.

By 35, he had been defeated twice while running for Congress.

Finally, he did manage to secure a brief term in Congress, but at 39 he lost his re-election bid.

At 41, his four-year-old son died.

At 42, he was rejected as a prospective land officer.

At 45, he ran for the Senate and lost.

Two years later, he lost the vice presidential nomination.

At 49, he ran for Senate and lost again.

At 51, he was elected the President of the United States of America.

The man in question: Abraham Lincoln."

– Author Unknown

Just ask Abraham Lincoln; only one of the most well-respected and famous leader of the American presidents. He knew only too well how it felt to be a failure.