Friday, February 11, 2011

Repost from Sherry Braswell's Blog

Leadership…what is it?

Trapped in every seed is a forest.  In every boy God hides a man.  In every girl a woman.
In every cow a herd.  In every fish a school.  Your potential is in your GIFT.
“The seed of everything is it itself.”  Your future is trapped in you.  Your future is not in the economy of the world.

Your future is bright.  You will prosper.   You have what you need to succeed inside you.  You must stay away from environments that do not germinate your seeds.  Stay away from “toxic” people…people who are negative and bring you down. This is WHY you stay in touch with your MonaVie family and come to the meetinsgs…so your seeds can become a tree!   You CAN make a difference in your generation.  PURSUE YOUR GIFT OF LEADERSHIP!
Don’t go looking for it outside yourself.  It is buried on the inside of YOU!

Trees never eat their own fruit.  Whatever you were born to do it’s not for you…it is to serve humanity…to make other peoples lives better.  Your success will depend on how successful you help others to be. 
“An army of sheep led by a lion will always defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.”

Did you know that “leadership” is a paradox?
The LION is the “king” of the jungle but HE IS NOT…
-the tallest
-the strongest
-the biggest
-the most powerful
-the most intelligent
But HE is the KING…the Leader!

There is hope for you…you don’t have to be the tallest, strongest, smartest…to be the leader.

The KEY to a lion’s leadership is:
1)   Attitude of mental conviction about himself
2)   Belief in the potential of his creative skills & resources for the benefit of his objective.
3)   Confidence in his ability to achieve his objectives and accomplish his goals.

In other words…the LION is as “big” as the thinks!
(I highly recommend the book “The Magic of Thinking Big”…on www.r3global.com)

YOU have the “seed” of leadership inside of you…YES YOU DO…God made you that way!
God never created you to be dominated by another human being.  In Gen 1:26 “God created man to have dominion over fish, birds, cattle, anything that creeps”.  It does NOT say “man.”  This is why so many folks are unhappy in a “job.” This company sets people free from domination and helps them to chart their own destiny.  We are ALL leaders…God created us all to lead in our “gift.”

The heart of true leadership is vision, destiny and passion. Your passion must override your personal comfort.  All leaders sacrifice to succeed.  Never trust a man that’s never come through a crisis…Leaders never wear metals on their chest but sores on their back.  Greatness always demands a price.
Leaders have vision.  How do you know a “vision” is genuine”?
A true vision will always benefit others & make the world a better place.  It’s only about “you” it’s called “ambition.”
If your vision is to help others…success will come to you!

The greatest gift God ever gave man is not the gift of sight but is the gift of vision.
Vision shows you what can be.  Your eyes show you what is.
Sight is a function of the eyes.  Vision is a function of the heart.
Never invite anyone to follow you without a “vision.”

What we love about MonaVie & relational marketing is that it forces us to look deep within ourselves for that leader…for that potential that God gave each of us.  Sometimes we must venture well out of our comfort zone and stretch ourselves to limits we otherwise thought impossible…and it is there we find the “victory.”  After all…don’t we all want to die “empty”?

(Great books on leadership found on www.r3global.com.  We highly recommend  leadership author Myles Munroe)

Our goal is to help you reach your goals & your dreams by helping you to tap into that “leader” inside of you!
God created you for GREAT things…you are special, you are unique, you are LION!

Have a great day!!!

Sherry & KentJ


                  (Quote for the day: “Life should be a daring adventure or nothing at all.”  Helen Keller)