Spiritual Leadership - Initiative
“A leader must initiate.
The leader must either initiate plans for progress or recognize the worthy plans of others.
He does not wait for things to happen.
He is a self-starter…eager to test new ideas.
Robert Louis Stevenson called the attitude of safety and security “that dismal fungus.”
More failure comes from an excess of caution than from bold experiments with new ideas.
The frontiers of the kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution.”[1]
[1] Spiritual Leadership, J. Oswald Sanders, p 128, selected excerpts from Chp. 16, Responsibilities of Leadership.
posted by Jeffrey A. Norris at
12:12 PM
2 Comments:
I think failing to "get started" is one of the biggest reasons people don't "get around" to doing things; it's not inability per se, just a failure to ever initiate.
Thanks for sharing.
Inertia. A deadly thing.
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