Spirit of Leadership

RECAPTURING THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

my teenage years. The answers began to appear when I was given a Bible by my parents at age thirteen. I discovered in the pages of this book the amazing truth that I was created in the image of the Creator and that his intent was for me to know him and his will for my existence.

W E ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANGING OUR ATTITUDES .

This discovery changed everything for me forever. When I began to read the Bible, I received new thoughts about myself and my world. The source of our thoughts is so important because our thoughts are the key to our qual ity of life. When I read the Bible, it contradicted what I was taught and what I saw with my eyes. I began to believe what it said rather than what I heard from outside sources, and that is how I developed a leadership mentality. Whatever your own circumstances, you, also, can expe rience the transformation of your outlook as you discover the attitudes that will enable you to be the leader that you were born to be. CULTIVATING THE LEADERSHIP SPIRIT In my experience, leadership is 20 percent talent, skill, and technical knowledge and 80 percent attitude. Most of the great leaders throughout history possessed a unique self perception that set their characters apart from the average person. A careful study of these leadership giants will reveal that they weren’t born with this attitude, but it was ignited in them and then cultivated by a life-changing encounter with the Creator.

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