Spirit of Leadership

LEADERSHIP ABILITY WITHOUT THE ATTITUDE understanding to do it. You have the potential to lead, but you need to have a revelation of leadership. There has to be a conversion in your heart or subcon scious mind that creates a different sense of reality for you. When you think in a different way, you will become different. Your head has to catch up with what has already happened in your spirit. What’s been in your subconscious mind for the last ten, twenty, or thirty years is going to fight what the Spirit is revealing to you. Whether it was a parent who said you were no good, a teacher who told you that you weren’t smart, or even a well-meaning pastor or priest who told you to be “humble,” various people have negatively influenced your perspective toward your lead ership ability. How many times have you agreed with something yet did not do it? How many times have you said to your self, “That’s true,” but did not act on it? You believed it because it was true, but you were not to the point of con viction where it caused you to act. You probably believe that there are certain things you cannot do, and you think things such as the following: “I don’t deserve this.” “I can’t go there.” “I can’t achieve that.” “There’s no way I can have that.” “I can’t even think about that . ” You have to come to believe that you can pursue and accomplish what the Creator has already put within you to do. LEADERSHIP—ATTITUDE OR APTITUDE? Remember that leadership is both an aptitude and an attitude. No matter how much intellectual ability you have, if you don’t have the right attitudes, your ability doesn’t

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