People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” – Theodore Roosevelt
No leader, no matter how great, can accomplish anything without the support of others. They gain that support by connecting, on a personal level, with those they recruit to join them.
A leader can have the greatest vision the world has ever seen, one which will provide the greatest benefit to all those who support and contribute to it. They can be persuasive in their communication of that vision and consistent in their delivery of it.
However, if their listeners don’t believe that the leader genuinely cares about them and their personal situation, they won’t be moved to take action. This is why a sincere desire to serve others is at the heart of the work of great LEADERS.
Sincere service demonstrates the LEADER’S ability while also showing how much they care. Those two things build trust with the people being served. It’s the proof in the pudding.
It is this connection with a LEADER that drives the loyalty to the vision. That loyalty helps overcome discouragement when things take longer than expected or don’t seem to be working as planned.
It tempers the disappointment that followers face when reality diverges from their expectations and there are frustrations over repeated failures. It lends them the strength to continue working when exhaustion creeps up and the list of to-dos begins to pile up. It helps them keep going when the distance between where the group is and where the vision is taking them seems impossibly far apart from one another.
A sincere desire to serve our communities and improve the lives of those we touch is at the heart of everything Path To Publishing does. We see the gaps in leadership, the communities that aren’t being served by the way things are currently being done, and we are seeking to close that gap using a novel by debut author Nikki T. Anthony entitled The Price We Pay, which is being published on Path To Publishing’s traditional publishing imprint, PTP Press.
Our goal is to prevent future generations from having to pay the price we are all paying for failing to step up and do something about racial conflicts while there is still time to stop the growing divides and build unity with one another.
That’s why we’re crowdfunding the movement and inviting public participation in our plans to change the conversation around race relations. We’re also working to cultivate LEADERS amongst those who contribute to our crowdfunding campaign and join our community. That work begins with funding the publication of our novel.
To discover more aboutour campaignand the work we are doing to open the doors of communication and change the conversation around race relations, visit our crowdfunding campaign’s page at https://ptppress.com/taking-a-novel-approach-to-change. Once you’re there, sign up to #JoinTheConversation and join our LEADERS community.
You can also visit www.ptppress.com to learn more about Path To Publishing’s traditional publishing imprint.