If we want to empower others, we must be willing to give up power.   Frank Ivy The key to releasing others to live in their potential is to give up power over the parts of their life that are holding them back.  Don't be so quick to step in and do for them what they should learn to do for themselves.  Allowing others to learn from mistakes, from life skills, and from other experiences empowers them to live in their potential.  Someone did it for us, we should pay it forward.  Hoarding power does nobody any good but empowering others ends up benefiting everyone.  

A person who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back to the crowd. Max Lucado If you have ever led, or  attempted  to lead, a group or something then you know how true this statement is.  A good leader cannot implement every whisper, word, opinion of the group at large or else they won't be able to lead at all.  Certainly a good leader can listen and consider what is being suggested but at the end of the day the leader must be able and willing to turn their back to the crowd and lead from their gut instincts.  And then whatever happens falls to them and they can own it fully, be it a positive or  negative  outcome.  What happens when the crowd, usually just one or two people, come from behind and attempt to sit in the orchestra?  Continue to do your best to lead from your gut, stand up for what is right and let the outcome be what it will.  How do I know this?  Personal experience my friends.  :)   *While I ma...

Everybody here wants a revolution, but nobody here wants to do the dishes.    Shane Claiborne If you want something big to happen you'd better be willing to put your hands in and get them dirty.  The biggest things (movements, revolutions, etc) start with the smallest of acts and the humblest of leaders.  People won't join you in your  efforts  for change if you aren't willing to get down in the trenches yourself.  Don't be above what you are asking others to believe in and do.  Lead the way and do so while "washing dishes."