Do I bring my Mac? Do I pack my iPad? How many pairs of shoes do I really need? If you are reading this and packing for a Spring Break getaway, you might be asking these same questions. Traveling light is not only a necessity, but it serves as a valid metaphor for life as well. Leadership is a lot like taking a trip. Leaders often go into unfamiliar territory, influencing others to follow them there. Leaders must take care of themselves and their people for the journey. Leaders must be ready for and respond to the obstacles and challenges that inevitably come. The best leaders are the most agile, the most able to adjust and course-correct, the most rock solid on commitment to a vision but most flexible on the route. Leaders build trust, build a coalition and deep relationships. All of these can be seen as features of traveling light through life. Though leaders many carry heavy burdens, they do so with grace around that moral imperative...students!
Light is the load of tight friendships, deep bonds and heartfelt trust.
Light is the load of commitments to impactful goals and keeping the main thing the main thing.
Light is the load of a leader who understands that almost anything can be accomplished if enough focus of energy, desire, and relentless effort is applied.
Light is the life given in servant leadership to others.
The best of leaders are like the best of travelers; they travel light. Like the good traveler who takes nothing but pictures and leaves nothing but footprints, the best leaders take nothing but responsibility and leave nothing but love and example.
Travel light over Spring Break, whether it be in your own home or elsewhere. Become the best leader you can be...travel light.
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