PERSONAL LEADERSHIP PART 2

 PERSONAL LEADERSHIP - PART 2

Earlier this week, we started out on looking at the concept of Personal Leadership. We discovered that Personal leadership is the foundation on which all other Leadership forms are built. You should be able to lead yourself personally, before you can lead others. Today, we will look at some traits a successful personal leadership personnel should have and ways to lead oneself personally

💝 Knowledge and relationship with God - We have touched on this in the introductory statement but just to build on the aforementioned. No leader can build a lasting relationship stature just based on a derivative of the true model (God). God is the paragon to which we draw knowledge from, and a relationship with God helps us know which parts of our lives are dormant and needs to be nurtured. Psalm 24:1 says "The earth is the lord and its fullness thereof..." so all authority comes from God. And then we see how to effectively manage earthly resources and to effectively manage humans from God's authority.

💝 Developing your physical and emotional health - Good physical health is of great importance to leaders, as we all require physical strength and stamina to carry out the tasks of leadership. From 1 Samuel 18:11. We can see the dangers of not having memorial intelligence as a leader, we could see how saul tried to pin David down as he was serving in his house. And even when he tried to kill his own son in 1 Samuel 20:33. Rehoboam(Solomon's son), another example, lost his reign over Israel because of poor emotional intelligence (2 Kings 12). The importance of emotional intelligence in Personal leadership cannot be overemphasized.

According to Daniel goleman (1999), emotional intelligence refers to "the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, for motivating ourselves, and for managing emotions well in ourselves and in our relationships".

There are different kind of people we will meet and we cannot control what they will do to us, we can only control the way we will react to their actions towards us, that is why emotional intelligence is very powerful and needs to be harnessed. As Christians, the Holy Spirit makes it easier when we engage him.

💝 Developing Character and competence - Personal leadership is a smarter kind of personal growth and path of personal excellence.

Jay writes "As a leader, you must learn to lead yourself to stay effective. When you practice personal leadership, you use every ounce of your potential with inspiration instead of perspiration, synergy instead of sacrifice, wisdom instead of work".

Leadership is an inside-out concept. It flows from character to conduct. The bible in Proverbs 23:7 says "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he..." therefore it is a direct representation of who he is. Matthew 12:34 also says that "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks..." God tells Samuel When he was to appoint David as the new leader that "...man looks at the outward, but God the inward..." (1 Sam 16). Two key attributes that the lord looks for in the hearts of leaders, are humility and the fear of God.

Humility enables the leader to serve and be teachable in varying circumstances while the fear of God makes him to obey God's commandments and exhibit integrity that enables building of trust in relationships.

I therefore end on this verse of the scriptures Proverbs 4:18(TPT) ;  But the lovers of God walk on the highway of light, and their way shines brighter and brighter until they bring forth the perfect day.

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