Joy of Leadership: Mud on a Diamond

About Me

Name: Shar McBee

Shar McBee is a motivational speaker, a consultant, and the author of two bestselling books. Shar had never received management training when she was suddenly put in charge of supervising 500 people. It was hard. People wouldn't cooperate. They wouldn't do what they were supposed to do. Even worse, they criticized Shar for what she did. Finally, a wise mentor taught Shar a leadership secret. She tried it and it worked amazingly. In business, it made it easy to attract customers. On volunteer projects, it made it very easy to attract volunteers and donations. (In some cases, the increase was as much as 500 %.) Today Shar McBee speaks at about 35 leadership conferences each year. Sharing her secret with new managers and volunteer leaders, Shar has helped over 150,000 people become better leaders. When they learn the Joy of Leadership method, instead of feeling frenzied, being the leader becomes fun.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Mud on a Diamond

This week, I submitted two chapters of my
new book for review by my writers group.
Nine people were positive.
One sliced it to smithereens.

The criticism felt like salt in a wound.
She said it was shallow.
She compared it to gravy, without the meat.
“Stretched a bit thin,” she proclaimed.

I was still hurting the next day.
Then I remembered some advice that
I had once received.

It was a time when I had engaged a singer
to perform at an event I was organizing.
I thought the singer had the voice of an angel
but a few people criticized him harshly.

The ridicule hurt until I received this
advice, which put it into perspective –

You can throw mud on a diamond,
but it is still a diamond. – Shar McBee

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