I wrote this 60 seconds ago...

I wrote this 60 seconds ago while brainstorming a Table of Contents for a book proposal. Chances are it's a paraphrase of someone else... but i like it. I'll have to see if I stole it. (The subtitle for my freshly brainstormed book is "Leadership beyond Influence"

Here's what I wrote.

If I could give you one gift it would be the freedom to be you. The person God had in mind when he created you. Not the person attempting to be the leader described in the last book you read, or the latest video teaching, podcast or conference speaker.

Discovering your voice in a context that demands you be all things to all people… which in turn makes you nothing for all people. Empty inside, isolated, alone and burned out.

God’s call is real. While greatest gift I could give you is to be yourself, the greatest gift you can give you church, your family and others is you as well.