Spirit of Leadership

CHAPTER THREE The Leadership Spirit To exercise leadership, you must believe that you are inherently a leader. L eadership really comes down to two things: who you are and how you think. It is about discovering your identity as a born leader and then understanding the way true leaders think so that you can fulfill your inherent calling. If you don’t first establish your leadership nature, it will be very difficult to have the mind-set of leadership. True leadership is first concerned with who you are, as opposed to what you do. Leadership action flows naturally from a personal leadership revelation. To exercise lead ership, you must believe that you are inherently a leader. Again, to pursue purpose as leaders do, you must think like a leader. To think like a leader, you must receive the thoughts of leadership. To receive the thoughts of leader ship, you must have a personal encounter with your true self—a discovery of your nature, ability, and essence as a human being. Just as a product cannot know its true pur pose or worth except in its relationship with its manufac turer, so it is with you and me. Earlier, I made a distinction between the leadership spirit and the spirit of leadership. The leadership spirit is

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