A Challenge!

While meeting with high-some high level executives in Washington D.C. the week after the presidential election, John Maxwell overheard one of the men say, "I sure wouldn't want to be the next president of the United States with all the economic problems facing this country."

Maxwell's response: "I would love to be Barack Obama right now...You show me a person who's a great leader, and I will show you a person who loves a great challenge. That is the DNA of leadership. Leaders are not looking for the easy way out or quick exits; they love to be 'over their heads.'"

It's like the comment that Gene Hackman made to quarterback Keanu Reeves in The Replacements: "Winners always want the ball when the game is on the line."

Leaders understand the power of Paul's words: Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us..." (Ephesians 3:20)

His power at work within us. This is why leaders love a challenge. It's why winners want the ball when the game is on the line!