Spirit of Leadership

THE HIDDEN LEADER IN YOU his day of decision had arrived—the day he would have to choose whether to continue to live life as a sheep or to be the self he had just discovered. He knew that, to become his true self, he would have to give up the safe, secure, predictable, and simple life of the farm and enter the frightening, wild, untamed, unpredictable, dangerous life of the jungle. It was a day to become true to himself and leave the false image of another life behind. It was an invitation to a “sheep” to become the king of the jungle. Most importantly, it was an invi tation for the body of a lion to possess the spirit of a lion. After looking back and forth at the farm and the jungle a few times, the young lion turned his back on the farm and the sheep with whom he had lived for years, and he followed the beast into the forest to become who he always had been—a lion king. As I sat there listening to this fantastic story, I was engulfed by the revelation of the deep principles it commu nicated relating to leaders, leadership, and the critical pro cess involved in discovering and becoming your true self. I went away from that village with a deeper understanding of why it is so difficult for many individuals to make that tran sition across the river to their true selves. I suddenly under stood that lasting change could occur only when it took place in the spirit of the mind. Without this metamorphosis, no amount of training, study, or education could transform a follower into a leader. In essence, a converted attitude is the key to a transformed life. Until this attitude change hap pens, the lion will still think, act, respond, and live like a sheep instead of the king of the jungle. L ASTING CHANGE CAN OCCUR ONLY WHEN IT TAKES PLACE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE MIND .

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