Spirit of Leadership

LEADING WITHOUT LEADERSHIP Our beliefs then become our philosophy, and our philoso phy controls and regulates our lives and leadership. A society generally cannot produce a leader better than itself because that leader usually gets his or her beliefs from the society. Therefore, basically, we appoint people who are no wiser than we are to lead and guide us. Every society should constantly check the source of the information by which it is living. Where do our beliefs come from? The word belief in the Greek language is pistis . 28 Pistis is the word that we translate as “faith.” Every human being has faith—all seven billion of us. Even the atheist has faith. He believes that there is no God, so he has faith in no God. The question is, where did our beliefs, or faith, come from? They came from some thing we heard, imagined, or were taught. Our leadership today is a product of the thoughts of our leaders, and therefore the saying is true: “As a man thinks in his heart [subconscious mind], so is he.” When you want to study leaders and their leadership, do not study their physical appearance or demeanor. Study their hearts. Find out where they got their thoughts and ideas. Hitler was simply the manifestation of the philosophy in his heart. He was a product of various influences, such as the teachers he had; the books he read; his family, friends, and associates; and his attitudes about his life experiences. His thoughts became his beliefs, his beliefs A SOCIETY GENERALLY CANNOT PRODUCE A LEADER BETTER THAN ITSELF .

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