YOU CAN LEAD

Leadership is for everyone because every person who accepts Christ is called to lead and influence others.

Leadership can be defined in varieties, but the best definition of leadership that I’ve ever read, embraced and taught to thousands of people is the definition of J. Osward Sanders in his book “Spiritual leadership”. He simply stated, “LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE”. Anyone who can influence either positively or negatively is a leader. The positive influencers are the good leaders while the negative are the bad ones. The explanation for that is a discussion for another day.

It doesn’t matter if you are a parent, a teacher, a pastor, a coach, a boss or even an employee – You are leading others, you are called to influence others and to be a truly effective leader, you must first be able to lead yourself.

Leadership truly develops from the inside out, says leadership expert John C. Maxwell. If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the leader you want to be on the outside and people will want to follow you whether you like it or not.

You and I were created to lead, to have dominion over the earth, which means we’ve been endowed with the ability of leadership even before we were formed in our mother’s womb. The truth is that few people are naturals when it comes to leading others. But everyone has potential. I believe you can lead regardless of your age, gender, marital status, stature or profession.

Research had proved it that introverts have the ability to influence an average of 10, 000 people in their lifetime. Just think about that! If people who have no intention of leading can influence many lives such as that, then what will a person who is intentional about leadership do?

I want you to see yourself as a leader. No matter how strong or weak your leadership potential is, don’t be complacent. You can improve and reach your maximum by the application of discipline to that potential. Believe me, YOU CAN LEAD.

You can, you must, you will.

Together, we can build a desirable Nigeria.

I LOVE YOU.

Adedoyin O. Matthew

Visionary, Maximum Impact Network