What is the spirit of leadership? Part 3

Here’s a collection of particularly good quotes from Miles Munroe’s Spirit of Leadership (Witaker House, 2005):

• Learning comes from education, while knowing comes from revelation. Learning is cognitive, while knowing is spiritual. You do not really change until you “know.” Knowing changes your mind, which transforms your attitude, which, in turn, directs, and regulates your behavior. (pp. 44-45)
• …the secret to greatness is in serving everyone else. To understand this principle, you must answer the question, “What do I serve to others? I believe that this is the greatest revelation of true leadership I have ever discovered and exceeds all the theories and research from the past. What Jesus is stating here is that, to become the great leader you were created and destined to become, you must discover your unique inherent gift and assignment (your original purpose) and serve that to the world of mankind. Do not seek greatness, but seek to serve your gift to others to the maximum extent that you can, and you will become a sought-after person. (p. 96)
• If you find your unique gift or special talent and commit to serving it to the world of mankind, then your significance will cause people to seek you out. You will become an influence through exercising your gift, rather than through manipulation. The more you become a person whose gift is valued, the greater your influence will be. (p. 97)
• Exerting proper influence means inspiring others through the leadership gift that we have been given. The true nature of leadership is the attraction of others to our gifts, which are deployed in their service. (p. 103)
• In effect, the nature of the leadership spirit is to be comfortable in the presence of power, authority, and might without being intimidated. When the leadership spirit is fully restored, you revere and respect God and his authority but are never fearful in his presence; you rejoice in his company. True leaders respect and honor authority but are comfortable in its presence. (p. 116)
• The nature of the leadership spirit includes the following: 1) manager of one’s environment; 2) exerter of influence; and 3) comfortable with power. (p. 122)
• Manifesting the spirit of leadership is a matter of discovering and nurturing your true self so that you naturally evidence your leadership nature. (p. 124)
• Again, self esteem is your awareness of your value to your environment…Our disposition toward ourselves and the world comes from our self-estimation. Our self-estimation, in turn, comes from our awareness of our value to our world. This is where we get our sense of significance and contribution in life…You must come to the point where you are convinced and convicted that you and your gift are necessary. True leaders believe that they are needed by their generation and the world. (pp. 133-134)
• The answer, I believe, is not a lack of raw material or potential but the absence of right information, training, and an environment conducive to producing the mentality, mind-set, and altitudes necessary for this leadership potential to be ignited. This is the spirit of leadership. True leadership has more to do with mind-set than with methods and techniques. (p. 186)
• Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought produced by your self-image, self-worth, and self-esteem, and habit can be acquired and changed by the reconditioning of the mind. (p. 219)
• The day we take responsibility for our attitudes is the day that we truly grow up. (p. 220)
• One of our major responsibilities as leaders is determining what is best for us according our life’s purpose and vision. (p. 240)
• Attitude is the power of leadership. Nothing can stop a person from achieving success who has the right attitude. You can always make up in attitude what you lack in education. Yet nothing can help the person who has the wrong attitude. (pp. 288-289)