We tend to equate leadership with authority. We often measure the extent of our leadership by the number of people we can tell what to do.
Leadership is more than this. It’s not about hierarchy, it’s about influence. For this reason, you can be a leader no matter which rung of the ladder you’re currently standing on.
John Quincy Adams said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
Today as you deal with those around you — your co-workers and your colleagues, your supervisors and your employees, your friends and others in your community — keep this in mind: Your role as a leader is to inspire others, through your words and your example, to take the next best step in the direction of excellence in their work and in their spiritual lives.
Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1)
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