Wisdom from Kevin De Young.
An aspect of this is that leaders can’t fish around for the pity of others.
It’s possible to be able to talk things around in a way that leads others to voice the sentiments of pity that you won’t voice yourself.
Just about the worst thing a leader can nurture in his heart is self-pity. And just about the worst thing a leader can do in front of his people is murmur and complain.
I understand there is an appropriate place for lament. I know it is not always wise for leaders to quietly endure injustice. I’m not encouraging leaders to be stoic and indifferent to pain. What I am saying—and rather forcefully I hope—is that leaders must not be whiners.
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