Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

desires you want to bring to reality and how taking initiative would be the catalyst for their manifestation.

2. Initiative is the power of momentum. Merriam-Webster’s 11 th Collegiate Dictionary describes inertia as an “indisposition to motion, exertion, or change.” Inertia is a fact of life. Things don’t get started, progress, or get back on track once they’ve stalled unless someone takes action to set them on the right course again. At a baseball game, a base coach urges on the run ners to round the bases and make it to home before they are thrown out. He helps them to keep their momentum. Similarly, the attitude of initiative enables you to be your own coach so that you maintain momentum in pursuit of your life’s purpose. 3. Initiative is the manifestation of decision. Nothing can be accomplished unless a decision has been made concerning it. In our everyday lives, we don’t buy a house, choose a dress, or select one form of insurance over another unless we specifically decide to take one thing and put aside all other options. This principle holds true as we exercise our gift of leadership. Effective leadership involves a number of decisions and choices, which can lead many people to resist and forsake procrastination. Initiative enables us to make choices that help us to move forward in our goals. 4. Initiative is the key to pleasing leadership. Both leaders and followers appreciate the attitude of initiative in their fellow workers. When a leader is indecisive

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