> Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
[Heb. 13:17](https://www.esv.org/Hebrews+13:17/), ESV
Those who reject the principle below have never experienced the benefit of having a good coach, pastor, father, or mentor, who is wise and kind and is actually looking out for your well-being.
Obviously there are abuses. Obviously not everyone who is called 'leader' is worthy of it. But when they are...there is growth, challenge, health, and flourishing.
...stay humble...
I have yet to meet a good leader. Nor do I know of anyone who has met a leader to their lives better than themselves.
I've met many. Many who have walked far further down the path than I have, have learned hard lessons, have learned which are the better 'trails'--and I want to gain from that, and hopefully pass it on.
I have met a lot of good leaders, some weren't necessarily better than me in an area I wanted to grow in. The point isn't to fine one person who is perfect, but to find the ones who excell in their area and learn those things from them, and then implement them in our own lives.
When I ment my husband, one of the main things that caused me to know he was right for me was then I realized that he was a good leader! He would be able to cover me no matter how far I rise and grow. He's not perfect, as no one is, but he is good and wants good, and is highly capable. There are plenty of areas where I can lean on him, where before meeting him most people offered the cliche answers when I was well past those.
A random cop walked over once, on duty but not for official reasons, and chatted out of curiosity of the solar panels on our van. By the end of it, he said, "I feel like I just talked with Elon Musk". Refering to having talked to someone who was of high intelligence and informative. We shared about bitcoin and solar power and how to become financially free by creating assets.
My husband is a natural leader, even if he doesn't lead an organization or has specific followers or mentees.
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