Launching Leaders...wait, what?

 

Steven A. Hitz wrote the book Launching Leaders to well…help launch leaders. What I found most interesting about the book is that it never actually talked about overseeing a big group of people, or how to make people listen to you. It never talked about how everyone will want to be you if you follow these steps. The book was focused on improving yourself and being a leader in your own life. It gave steps to follow to connect with Heavenly Father to discover what you should do in your life to stay in step with Him. The book encouraged you to find your own personal core values and LIVE by them. Core values that will help you make decisions that are peaceful to your soul. Personal habits were highlighted and discussed as something that will either help you along or drag you down. Financial advice that encourages you to use it as a tool to accomplish your truest desires. In short, this book was not about all the people that will be under you, it was written to make you a leader in your own life. Feeling at peace and confident in the decisions that you need to make. If you think about it, a leader must first oversee their life for others to be able to follow or emulate them; being a leader that others want to walk beside and help. As I think about how Jesus Christ led the people, He was confident in Himself and knew the plan. He was willing to walk with those who needed help, because He was assured in His own life. Nobody questioned where He stood on issues, and they also knew He would not waver in His convictions. I want to follow in the footsteps of leadership of Christ. Steven A. Hitz understands that leaders need to align their lives with the leadership of God to truly embody being a leader.

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