Influence & Leadership

Experts have concluded that the number one need of the 21st century is the need for quality,competent,spirit-filled leadership.Therefore,the question is, if leadership is the number one need of the world,what is leadership?.

Leadership is the capacity to influence others to pursue their personal leadership potential through inspiring them by your own passion to pursue your own vision and purpose.In order words, leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality and in the process influence people to do the same for their own lives.

Your leadership is defined by the ability to influence other people through your own fulfillment of your own purpose.True leadership, therefore, is not a matter of leading people but leading yourself by following the purpose and desires God has put in your heart.
He designed you to lead over a specific assignment.True leaders do not seek power over people, but are driven by a passion to achieve a noble cause.


Courtesy:
Dr Myles Munroe
Bahamas

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Becoming a Leader

It is a tragedy for you to go to the grave, and you never showed up on earth. This tragedy is possible because most of us are mere products of our environment, lacking the will to change, develop, and maximize our own potential and become who we really are. We die mere products of our environment.
However, we must aim to become who God designed us to be. He designed us to be leaders. How do you become the leader you are born to be? How do you know when you have become that leader?

All of us are born originals even though most of us die as copies. God created in you the capacity to lead. You were born to lead, but you have to become a leader. Capacity is not always equal to reality. God demands that you do not die the way you were born. It would be unfair to my grandchildren for me to leave this world the way that I met it. When I leave, my existence on this planet should have affected this earth to such a degree that it is different when my grandchild arrives. That is the mark of a leader. If the world or your neighborhood is the same way you met it or worse when you die, you have to ask yourself if you wasted your time here on planet earth.

Leadership is becoming what you were born to be by becoming something that your generation demands now. God knew what your generation needed so He gave your conception at the appropriate time. True leaders are not made by election or appointment. They are not made by men. Simply holding a position of importance does not makes someone a leader nor does taking courses in leadership. Resolving to become a leader does not make you a leader. Only discovering God’s purpose and being inflated by that purpose can make you a leader. You have to get in touch with why you were born. When you get in touch with that, God does something.

There has to come a point in your life when God inspires you. He breathes into you all of the things necessary to accomplish your goals because you have discovered His purpose for your life. If this never happens, you die without ever having truly lived. When you connect with why you were born, you become a dangerous person. You become dangerous because from the moment you discover your purpose for living, you declare independence from everybody’s opinions. No difficulty will deter you. No disappointment will alter your vision for your life. Why? It is too late. You have already seen something that is greater than the disappointment and any other obstacles that may come along. The world needs individuals who are real leaders and not just peoples with titles.


Courtesy:
Dr. Myles Munroe
Bahamas.