Spirit of Leadership

CHAPTER NINE Recapturing the Spirit of Leadership The key to the spirit of leadership is attitude rather than aptitude. A few years ago, my wife and I went to Egypt and had a tour of the pyramids. We saw the tombs of the Pharaohs, as well as a chariot and a gold bracelet owned by one of the Egyptian rulers. The artifacts were in glass cases. In one case, there were some seeds of corn, wheat, and maize. The notation said something like, “These seeds were found in the Egyptian desert, not far from the Nile, where it is so hot that anything that is underground can be petrified and preserved for thousands of years. These seeds are 6,000 years old.” The sign also said that some of the ancient seeds had been germinated. The Egyptian government had taken seeds that were 6,000 years old and planted them, and the seeds actually grew! When they crossbred the ancient seeds with modern seed, they found they got a better crop. These seeds were underground for 6,000 years, but they never lost their innate potential. They were destined to become what they had been created to be: fully grown

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