Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP MANIFESTING YOUR TRUE LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL

As we have discussed throughout this book, attitude is the key to the manifestation of your true leadership poten tial. It is defined as a mind-set based on your beliefs and convictions, and it motivates your behavior. Your attitude arises from the fundamental beliefs, convictions, and opin ions that you have about yourself, your abilities, your world, and others, and it is manifested in your degree of self confidence.

A TTITUDE IS KEY TO LEADERSHIP , AND IT MOTIVATES YOUR BEHAVIOR .

Your attitude can be transformed by the discovery of your true self-worth, your true potential, and your commit ment to achieve. The leadership attitude is more concerned with fully expressing itself than with attempting to prove itself to others. In addition to the ten attitudes described in this book, true leadership requires a number of other attri butes that are indispensable for the effective fulfillment of vision in the twenty-first century. The following are what I call “Leadership Attitudes-to-Be,” or “The Leader’s ‘Beattitudes.’” They describe the mind-set that every leader must embrace, cultivate, and exhibit in his or her exercise of leadership. THE LEADER’S BEATTITUDES 1. T HE SPIRIT OF RESILIENCE —the ability to see failure as temporary and a necessary step to success.

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