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“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.”  — Louisa May Alcott Personal leadership is a powerful thing. In fact, Peter Drucker said personal leadership is “the only leadership that’s going to matter in the 21st century.” According to Bill Butler, personal leadership extracts your potential and polishes it. What makes personal leadership so powerful is that it applies to you.  It’s personal.  It’s you at your best.  Personal leadership is a way to lead yourself from the inside out and apply proven business skills to get more out of life. In  The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership , Joelle K. Jay shares insights into why and how personal leadership is one of your most powerful tools for achieving more meaning and creating the life you want. What Is Personal Leadership In  Building Personal Leadership , Joel Farcht defines personal leadership as follows: “Personal leadership is the self-confident ability to crystalize your thinking

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”  — Winston S. Churchill What is the difference between those who achieve success and those who fail? The difference is how we handle the challenges in our life. Life pays you what you ask for.  If you ask for a quarter, you get a quarter.  If you set a higher bar, you achieve a higher bar. In the book,  Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement , Tony Robbins shares through a simple story how he learned the difference between those who succeed and those who fail. Sleeping in the Streets One night, after a seminar, Tony Robbins encountered a man living on the streets.  This street beggar gave Tony Robbins a new view on what separates those who succeed from those who fail. Via  Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement : “Not long ago I was in Boston.  Alter a seminar one night, I took a midnight stroll around Copley Square.  I was taking in the building