INTENTIONS + ACTION = WILL

Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.

Slaves do what others want. Servants do what others need.

INTENTIONS - ACTION = SQUAT

Authority cannot be bought or sold, given or taken away.

As leaders we do not create growth. The best we can do is create an environment that is conducive to growth. It is like planting a garden. You do not cause the seeds to grow. To grow is their natural purpose in life.

Leadership is not about personality, possessions, or charisma, but all about who you are as a person. I used to believe that leadership was about style but now I know that leadership is about substance, namely character.