Day 8 - 12 March

DAY 8

Understanding the Power of the 7-Fold Driven Mandates - Part IV

Part 4 - Mandate for Influence
Author: Divine Okorie, Chair

With every action, there is a mandate. An order to carry out that specific action. A driven mandate is a mandatory order, an order that you have to follow in order to succeed. In this week's teaching series, we will be looking at the power of the 7-fold driven mandates and each mandate in more detail.

Today's mandate is Influence. This is the core idea to indirectly affect or alter the behavior, development, or opinions of others, often without using direct force. It is mainly used to persuade and sway decisions.

Influence enables the ability to inspire action. Tonight, we'll be looking at 4 levels to that inspiration.

1. Inspire Action to Yourself

It is the ability to inspire yourself to take action.

• Personal growth

• Overcoming procrastination

• Being more productive

If you want to have more influence in the world, it starts by you being better at influencing yourself.

2. Inspire Action to Others

This is commonly known as sales and persuasion.

• Ethically guiding prospects to a decision

• Psychology of what you say & how you listen

It is using your own life to influence another person to take action.

3. Effective Leadership - Small Group

How do you lead effectively?

• Improves dramatically by influencing another person

• Influence yourself before others

• Don't cap potential because of yourself.

You need to walk before you can run.

4. Effective Leadership - Communities

How do you lead effectively on a larger scale?

• Causing movements

• Professional speaking

• Starting SMALL

You need to walk before you can run.

When tonight's mandate is operated effectively, influence is performed well. You need to walk before you can RUN! Tonight, I declare that walk begins for you right now. The mandate shall deliver for you.