Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP accompanies it. We were given the leadership spirit when we were created. Our leadership potential is still intact, but we have lost the spirit of leadership—that is, the consciousness of our being made in the image of our Creator, as well as the attitudes that accompany that awareness, which are the foun dation of true leadership. We still have the raw material of leadership potential, but most of us don’t have the desire, courage, or will to use it as we are meant to. It’s like planting a fertile field but not having any rain to make the grain grow. Or it’s like owning a Rolls-Royce but not having any gasoline to run it. You possess something with powerful promise, but you are unable to maximize its full potential. In essence, we possess the aptitude, but we lack the attitude that activates this untapped power. We’ve been emptied of the Spirit that is meant to empower us for living and enable us to be what we were intended to be. Some people have, instinctively or purposefully, been able to tap into their leadership ability, as we will see in the next chapter, but most of us have not. ATTITUDE CREATES ENVIRONMENT We must have a clear understanding that true leadership is an attitude of the heart birthed by a renewed understanding of purpose. It is more a matter of being something than doing something. It is a self-discovery that translates into meaning ful activities such as creating, building, and nurturing. This brings us back to our inherent human desire to be in control of our circumstances. Because true leaders discover and understand who they are and what their purpose is, they influence their environments more than their environments influence them. Have you noticed how, when some people

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