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I have probably been the worst leader of myself at times

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that I could have been.

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And that has been the thing that most impacted my life.

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And it was also based on what I thought leadership was,

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my relationship with leadership.

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I was raised in a very narrow-minded,

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very religious Southern Baptist family and community.

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And so there was a very, very narrow idea

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of what leadership looked like.

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And it was usually an older white man.

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And no matter what, you had to yield to that.

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And then it was also God, right?

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And like a very narrow concept of what God is

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and a very specific context and relationship

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with that leadership.

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And with that vision of God.