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Even though G-Pop knows that his children are smart and sharp enough to make good decisions for themselves, he is a bit concerned that the recent redefining of leadership is quite confusing.
Leadership is not an accumulation of stats and facts to place on your resume, or the ability to get people to vote for you to confirm your prowess.
Leadership is very simply an awareness. It is a two-part principle.
Anyone who is going to be a great leader:
- Tells the truth.
- Hears the truth.
Yes, there is a truth we know. It is our treasure-house, holding the contents of our understanding.
Telling the truth is essential. And even though lying has jokingly become a national pastime, everyone eventually becomes weary of a liar and unceremoniously boots the scoundrel out the door.
But we can’t stop with our truth. We can’t halt in the middle of the road, build a fort and say, “We need go no further.”
Telling the truth has to give way to hearing the truth. A leader must be submissive to listening to what he or she does not know. It requires a stillness in the soul, remaining silent for a season in order for personal truth to grow from acquiring new information.
If you cannot tell the truth and hear the truth, you will never be a good leader.
So G-Pop hopes that his children will ask four very important questions when they consider what leaders to honor:
1. Do they tell the truth?
2. Do they honor the truth?
3. Do they know there is more truth beyond themselves?
4. Are they searching for that unknown truth?
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