This time of the holidays before we are headed into a new fiscal year let us not forget to try and plant our feet firmly on the ground because 2010 will be a great year on the Internet for many leaders. It doesn't take much of a leader to see what he or she can be thankful for. There are so many leaders around the world and the energy they bring to the world. But this isn't about the world's leaders this is about you being a leader.

There is only about a small percentage of the leaders in the world today that understand that negativity and the things around us must not get us down. Don't let the people around you influence you from being a leader. Everything from what is in the news to in your own neighborhood gives us so many things to be negative about. Do not let yourself be prone to engage in this way of thinking.

Also we as leaders understand that there are many people that do not want to learn a new skill or become better educated in life as well as health, wisdom or our financial education. Becoming a leader requires a vivacious amount of energy; but soon can quickly become a negative if we do not possess the right mindset or tools to become a leader.

Being thankful for what you have and for what you can give others in regards to information, education or possibly monetary help is what it takes to becoming someone who follows you. That is the true essence of a leader. When a leader can wake up every morning and be thankful for what he or she does have rather than the negative things the world has all around us then you know you have become a leader. Try to forget the negativity but the opportunities a leader has in front of them. A leader must make every opportunity and the most of it.

Always remember a true leader knows only that a small percentage of the world has true leadership. It is in everyone around you but only a few will ever find it. Tomorrow wake up and find your leadership abilities within you and then you can become a leader for someone else.