http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/homeschool-high-school-love-leads-to-leadership/1649/ Helping Parents Homeschool High School Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:14:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/homeschool-high-school-love-leads-to-leadership/1649/comment-page-1/#comment-1582 J W Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:06:53 +0000 http://www.thehomescholar.com/blog/?p=1649#comment-1582 Passion for something will naturally lead to a desire to share it. We call that sharing leadership. I've heard (and disregarded) tons of advice on what my children ought to be doing - and mostly it comes from people who wished they had had the opportunity to learn or do X, Y, or Z themselves. However, if my child's heart does not desire X, Y, or Z, it doesn't matter how worthy a pursuit X, Y, or Z is, that child will never obtain the joy and delight that inspires other like-minded people to follow and grow in their skill. No one wants to follow someone who's just going through the motions. Passion for something will naturally lead to a desire to share it. We call that sharing leadership. I’ve heard (and disregarded) tons of advice on what my children ought to be doing – and mostly it comes from people who wished they had had the opportunity to learn or do X, Y, or Z themselves. However, if my child’s heart does not desire X, Y, or Z, it doesn’t matter how worthy a pursuit X, Y, or Z is, that child will never obtain the joy and delight that inspires other like-minded people to follow and grow in their skill. No one wants to follow someone who’s just going through the motions.

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