Wise leaders lead from their strengths, they follow what’s known as the 70-25-5 principle: Give 70 percent of your time to your areas of developing your strengths. Effective leaders who maximise their potential spend the majority of their time on what they do well, rather than spending it on what they do not do so well. Give 25 percent of your time to new things; areas that you want to improve. If you want progress and get better you have to keep updating, changing and improving. Dedicate 25 percent of your time to new things that are connected to your areas of strength and you will excel in leading. Give 5 percent of your time to the areas of your weakness. No one can completely eradicate working in their areas of weakness. The key to effective leadership is to delegate to others who are gifted in the areas that you are not particularly good at. That way you free yourself up to focus on the areas of your God-given strengths, and where you are most productive. – John Maxwell

Cited in The UCB Word For Today, 20/7/2015