The Universal Law of Leadership

The Universal Law of Leadership teaches that your ability to develop leadership skills is crucial to becoming a person who maximizes the personal development and highest and best use of yourself, the resources you receive, and the resources you create for the benefit of yourself and your family.

Leadership has been defined by many people in many different ways. One great definition of leadership is "communicating to people their inestimable worth and unlimited potential to such an extent that they actually come to see it in themselves." (This definition of leadership is perfect for creating a healthy home environment for the entire family, and especially for raising self-confident children!) Many others have said that leadership is the function of those who guide, direct or otherwise control the activities of others.

At a fundamental level, however, leadership simply means having influence that affects the behavior and/or world-view of others within a particular sphere—whether that influence is negative or positive.

Negative leadership is coercive—i.e., it requires raw power (external force) to maintain and sustain itself. Examples of negative leadership include: 1) the power of the gun—“Do what I say or I’ll blow your brains out”; 2) the power of the law—“Do what I say or I’ll lock you up or shoot you down”; 3) the power of economic reprisal—“Do what I say or I’ll fire you—better yet, I won’t hire you in the first place”; and 4) the power of hate propaganda that exploits our fears—“Do what I say or illegal aliens, LGBTQ people, Muslims, and terrorists will take over ‘our’ country.”

Many people who follow negative leadership do so because they feel forced (threatened) to do so for personal survival, political, economic, social or religion-based reasons.

Positive leadership, on the other hand, is inspirational—i.e., it requires soul power (internal values) to perpetuate itself. Examples of positive leadership include the power of being, the power of behaving, the power of belonging, and the power of believing.

The power of being is the God-given power that you have by virtue of your having been created in the very image and likeness of God—i.e., you have the capacity (power) to bring into being what does not presently exist in the material world. You have the power of imagination which leads to innovation and drives all creativity.

The power of behaving is your ability to decide how you will act on your own and in concert with others—it is freedom, the power to choose.

The power of belonging is the strength you feel when you work together with others to accomplish goals which you could not possibly accomplish by yourself. It is cooperation which produces the power of the Master Mind—collective thinking that adds the Universal Mind to the group and empowers the group to produce new ideas, products, services and new approaches to problem-solving.

Finally, the power of believing is the catalyst that allows you to overcome every obstacle in order to achieve your goals—it is faith, the power to see and bring into being the invisible. People who follow positive leadership do so because it resonates with their own internal value system and because they choose—in freedom—to follow.

Which kind of power—negative or positive—has impacted your life more? Please write your comments below and share what you think and how you feel about negative and positive leadership. I’d really like to learn what your experience has been, so please share your thoughts with me below.