Spirit of Leadership

THE HIDDEN LEADER IN YOU find themselves in financial difficulty, they immediately start finding and working on solutions to the problem, while other people panic, lose hope, surrender to their circumstances, and become immobilized by the debt? Do you know people who can turn a one-room apartment into a beautiful and comfort able haven that is more appealing and inviting than many mansions? T RUE LEADERS INFLUENCE THEIR ENVIRONMENTS MORE THAN THEIR ENVIRONMENTS INFLUENCE THEM . These simple examples show different ways in which people tap in to their leadership abilities and influence their environments rather than the other way around. There are innumerable applications of this principle in everyday life, on both large and small scales, depending on people’s gifts and calling. True leaders strive to overcome crises, and they become creative in difficulty. All of us must capture and cultivate the spirit of leader ship, this attitude of shaping and forming our lives according to our purposes. Though every human being on this planet has an inclination for leadership, most of us do not have the courage to cultivate it. This is a very serious problem. We’ve been so conditioned by discouragement, failure, or the oppression of others that we are afraid to follow our natural leadership instincts. We make excuses, such as “I’m too shy,” “I’m not as gifted as he is,” “I don’t have the education,” “My family was never good at that,” and so on. CAPTURE AND CULTIVATE THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

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