Spirit of Leadership

DISCIPLINE committed to learning to think like his or her teacher. This is why the followers of the ultimate teacher, Jesus Christ, were called his disciples, for it was his intent to take them through his “school of thought” and change their thinking so that they thought like him. A disciple is considered an understudy, one given to or submitted to the mentoring of a master teacher. He is one who voluntarily surrenders his will to the influence of another in order to obtain the knowledge, thoughts, and philosophy of the teacher, for the purpose of personal trans formation. All true leaders are students of life and for life. VISION AND DISCIPLINE Again, vision is the source of the leader’s discipline. The great king Solomon’s thoughts about vision are found in his book of wisdom, called Proverbs: “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Various translations of this verse give us additional insight into its meaning: “Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained [throw off restraint].” “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint [throw off self-discipline].”

V ISION IS THE SOURCE OF DISCIPLINE AND THE MOTHER OF LEADERSHIP .

Vision is the source of discipline and the mother of leadership. As I said earlier, the man or woman with a clear vision lives a very focused life that requires strong self discipline. This makes life very simple because— 1. vision chooses your future. 2. vision chooses your use of time.

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