Leaders Practice Self-control

Proverbs 25:28 (NLT) A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.

A common characteristic of failed leadership is a lack of self-control - a lack manifested in many ways:  but most important among them is the blame game. Taking full responsibility for our actions, learning from mistakes and using what you have been given to its full advantage are “walls” that will protect the leader.

Learn self-control by:
Curbing curiosity – everything is permitted, but not beneficial
Checking pride and vanity – it’s not about you
Containing anger and revenge – see above
Confining personal ambition – Empty self and be filled with God

Peace and safety are given to those who have learned to control themselves: which of those four “Cs” do you need to work on?

Copyright © 2006 by P. Griffith Lindell