As Andrew has taken on the role of Student Council President at Westdale Secondary, he has learned a lot about leadership. We talk often about our use of influence. I love his vision to create a positive culture where everyone is included. He is an idealist and finds reality sometimes disappointing. But he keeps giving and serving and looking for ways to enhance academics with fun memory-making events.
When I was homeschooling and directing, I found this quote clarifying:
“You are a guardian of the human spirit. You have the power to manipulate and coerce if you want to. You can avoid and ignore if you choose, but you can also ennoble and inspire. You can lift up and appeal to all that is good and honourable and holy. You can remind fallible and finite people around you that they hold their lives and calling as a sacred trust; that their best efforts matter, that their worst failures will one day be redeemed.”
John Ortberg
Let's be the kind of leaders that call out the best in others and remind people that they are full of promise, possibility and purpose!
When I was homeschooling and directing, I found this quote clarifying:
“You are a guardian of the human spirit. You have the power to manipulate and coerce if you want to. You can avoid and ignore if you choose, but you can also ennoble and inspire. You can lift up and appeal to all that is good and honourable and holy. You can remind fallible and finite people around you that they hold their lives and calling as a sacred trust; that their best efforts matter, that their worst failures will one day be redeemed.”
John Ortberg
Let's be the kind of leaders that call out the best in others and remind people that they are full of promise, possibility and purpose!
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