The Leading Deacon- Summer April Leading Deacon | Page 5

The student leadership challenge presents:
ENCOURAGE THE HEART
        Courage. Encourage. Two words,       We need heart because the struggle
same origin: Heart. You gotta have heart. to the top is arduous. Our research tells
Miles and miles and miles of it. There's no us that is we're going to make it to the
bravery or boldness without heart. There's summit we need someone shouting in our
no spirit or support without heart. There's ear, "Come on, you can do it. I know you
no sacrifice or soul without heart. Nothing can do it!" It's not something we easily
great ever gets done without heart. You admit-a lot of times we think we can do
gotta have heart. it alone. But we all really do need
          And at the heart of leadership is encouragement. Encouragement boosts
caring. Without caring, leadership has no performance, strengthens our resolve,
purpose. And without showing others that and improves our health. Otherwise, why
you care and what you care about, other perform to an audience? Why not just
people won't care about what you say or sing to an empty room, play to an empty
what you know. As a relationship, arena, or sell only to yourself? We need
leadership requires a connection the applause and knowing that we're
between leaders and their constituents connecting to others in order to do out
over matters, in the simplest sense, of the best. We need the enthusiasm and the
heart. It is personal and it is energy from others.
interpersonal.