12 entrepreneurs share what inspires them to become better leaders

While some people are naturally drawn to leadership roles, no one is born a perfect leader. The ability to inspire, motivate and guide a team is built over time, and no matter how many leadership positions someone has held, there is always more to learn.

Often, your daily interactions can inspire you to improve your leadership skills. Here, 12 Young Entrepreneur Council members share the inspirations from their daily lives that inspire them to become better leaders.

1. Have a meaningful impact on people's lives

Being able to have a meaningful and rewarding impact on the lives of others makes me want to go back to work every morning. Every impact, whether it's an employee experiencing a moment of enlightenment, customers reaching their goals with our products, or investors expressing their happiness with our returns, is a step towards the vision and mission of our company that my employees and I work towards. - Liam Leonard, DML Capital

2. Help others

Helping others, in my opinion, is the only way to be happy. You only elevate yourself as a leader by elevating others around you. However, with this also comes responsibility: as a leader, you must envision how the people you raise or help to succeed will act once they have succeeded. - Alexandru Stan, Tekpon

3. Make my family proud

My inspiration comes from the desire to make my family proud. Every day I go out into the world trying to be the best version of myself. I want my family to see me as a good person. I want to make them proud. I want to set a good example. - Zane Stevens, Protea Financial

4. Be someone you can rely on

Being someone my employees, family and friends can rely on and look up to means a lot to me. I am inspired and motivated to not only be a better leader, but a better person overall. It allows me to continually strive to be better every day. Making a difference and leaving an impact on the community makes me feel empowered and accomplished. - Fritz Colcol, simply Thalia

5. Be a leader worth serving

If you don't grow, you die. I can't expect to be successful as an entrepreneur if I'm not willing to improve myself. Leading is hard, but sticking my head in the sand to ignore my fa...