leadership
In a controversial speech by Lee Kuan Yew who served as the Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 – 1990, he has a really great line about conviction:
“I ignore polling as a method of government. I think that shows a certain weakness of mind, an inability to chart a course. Whichever way the wind blows. Whichever way... See more
"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be." - Rosalynn Carter
The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age
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You don’t have to be mean to be a fighter. Some CEOs struggle with this (famously Steve Jobs), but Mark pulled it off gracefully. He didn’t yell at people, never threw furniture or lost his temper. He was just ruthlessly decisive, always willing to make the hard call.
Dan Rosetwitter.comLeadership is not about power. Leadership is not about authority and it’s definitely not about control, but that is what it has become in the church. The Church has become an opaque world of NDA’s where the left hand doesn’t know what the right is doing. Leadership is about sacrifice.