Spiritual Leadership-J. Oswald Sanders

I've recently read a book entitled "Spiritual Leadership" by J Oswald Sanders. I love reading leadership books. This one is perfect for those who need to know about church leadership qualifications, right motives, and many other tips. One thing I loved about the book is the list given by Archbishop Benson. These were his perpetual rules for life that I have listed in my notebook too:

•  Eagerly start the days’ main work

• Do not murmur at your busyness or the shortness of time, but buy up the time around you

• Never murmur when correspondence is brought in

• Never exaggerate duties by seeming to suffer under the load, but treat all responsibilities as liberty and gladness

• Never call attention to crowded work or trivial experiences

• Before confrontation or censure, obtain from God a real love for the one fault. Know the facts; be generous in your judgment.

• Otherwise. How ineffective, how unintelligible or perhaps provocative your well-intentioned censure may be

• Do not believe everything you hear; do not spread gossip

• Do not seek praise, gratitude, respect or regard for past service

• Avoid complaining when your advice or opinion is not consulted, or having been consulted, set aside

• Never allow yourself to be placed in favorable contrast with anyone

• Do not press conversation to your own needs and concerns

• Seek no favors, nor sympathies; do not ask for tenderness, but receive what comes

• Bear the blame; do not share or transfer it

• Give thanks when credit for your work or ideas is given to another