“Adding leadership potential to our lives usually requires that we shake off negative elements that hold us back. If we are overly sensitive when criticized and rush to defend ourselves, that must go. If we make excuses for failure and try to blame others or circumstances, that must go. If we are intolerant or inflexible, so that creative people around us feel hemmed in, that must go.”
Sanders, J. Oswald. Spiritual Leadership: A Commitment to Excellence for Every Believer (Commitment To Spiritual Growth) . Moody Publishers. Kindle Edition.