Week # 11 Maxwell Book

Thursday 04-02
By Nick Smith

In John Maxwell’s book 360-degree Leader, I found a quote that contained a lot of truth. It says this, “Leadership is a choice you make, not a place you sit.”

This is a great principle. First of all, I see from it that in order to be a leader, you must take some sort of action; people will only bow down to your title for so long if you do not have any real desire to lead them. Another thing I see in this quote is that true power is given only by the actions that you take. If you the head of a department and you do not go out of your way to lead people/move them to action, they will not follow because you do not lead. Around this quote is the fact that most people who lead are the middle workers of an organization. They do most of the work yet do not have that chair. All in all, I think this is saying, your position is pointless is you cannot get anyone to follow you. It is a great principle to follow and reflect on from time to time.