Leadership is a learned behavior. Leadership is not only doing the most important thing you will do every day, but it is also doing the hardest thing you will do every day. The most important relationship you can cultivate on earth is the relationship you have with yourself. In fact, Jesus, the greatest leader of all time, said, “Love your neighbor as yourself” in Mark 12:31 (NKJV). You have to lead yourself to love yourself. You love yourself when you take care of yourself.
Self-Leadership requires us to lead in all directions – north, south, east, and west. We have to lead ourselves effectively before we can lead anyone else. Our vision and commitment have to be strong, in order to be successful.
When my children were growing up, I taught them about spaces. Your room is your space. It is a picture of your world in the future. Believe it or not, how you take care of your space is a reflection of how you feel about yourself. I would tell them, “Love yourself enough to know you deserve excellence and that you know what excellence looks like.” When they got cars, it was the same way. I would tell them, “Your space is a reflection of you.
Value your space because it is your space. Create the space you want to live in; then everywhere you go, you know that space can change because you are there!
Leaders LEAD themselves! In what ways can you start being a self-leader?
Excerpt from, Your Divine Fingerprint
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