The Window and the Mirror

One of my deficiencies (among many, I'm sorry to say) is leadership. As a leader in the church, this is potentially problematic. So, in order to work alongside the Holy Spirit in order to 'be all I can be', I am reading up on leadership principles. One book I am reading is "Good to Great" by Jim Collins. Surprisingly, I am really enjoying it and finding it quite helpful (I'm pretty pessimistic about leadership books...probably why I need to grow in that area). One helpful trends Collins describes of great leaders he has researched is what he calls "The Window and the Mirror." Great leaders tend to "look out the window to apportion credit to factors outside themselves when things go well...At the same time, they look in the mirror to apportion responsibility, never blaming bad luck when things go poorly." In comparison, the not-as-great leaders look in the mirror and credit themselves when things go well, and out the window for something or someone outside themselves to blame for poor results.
That's good stuff.