You know, the truth is this: it is a leader's job to challenge the status quo. And when you do, you make enemies.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.
Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.
When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.
If you are in a position to influence someone, you are a leader.
Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.
To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.
Leaders play a unique role in periods of crisis and chaos. Because if you don't, you're not going to harness the power of all the people behind you.
There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.
It is the solemn obligation of a leader always to be a leader. Even when - perhaps especially when - you don't feel like being a leader.
If there is no certain reality, the idea of following a leader must be scrutinized.
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