THE CHALLENGE OF LEADERSHIP

I heard a quote recently that gets me pumped every time I think about it. It is a quote about life and about leadership. It comes from a guy named Antoine de Saint-Exupe'ry and it goes like this, "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." Man, isn't that great? "If you want to build a ship, (or business, or church, or anything else for that matter), don't drum up the men (and/or women) to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders (don't start building whatever it is you want to build). Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea (create in them such a hunger, such a desire, such a passion that they can't help but want to build the ship and then get out of their way). How you do that my friends is the challege of leadership!