In recent years, a very popular Broadway play has been Hamilton. Hamilton was hand-picked by George Washington at the age of 20. One of the chief setbacks of Alexander Hamilton was his insecurity. His insecurities made him…..

• Push his loved ones away
• Always wanted to be in control
• Possessed great fear

In Hamilton’s youth he had great tragedies as a child and hurts that he never fully overcome or healed.

• Forgiveness is essential to hurts we have in life
• The greatest progress in personal growth comes when we choose to forgive
• It is amazing that so many of our hurts come from the unforgiveness toward our parents.

In his book Eyewitness to Power, David Gergan states that Richard Nixon was one of the most brilliant men he had ever worked for. However he writes that Nixon was also the most insecure and that was probably a major contributor to his downfall.

A Secure Person Will Let You Inside Their Circle

An Insecure Person Will Not Let you Inside Their Circle

INSECURE LEADERS…….

• Think too much about themselves
  • Overly concerned about how they look, sound, and feel
  • You need to be comfortable in your own skin
• Seldom Develop People
  • No man will make a great leader who  wants to do it all himself or get all of the credit for doing it – Andrew Carnegie
  • Insecure people lower the ceiling
  • Little people make other people little
• Fail to make hard decisions
  • If you need people, you cannot lead people
  • If you need constant affirmation you cannot risk making a decision that makes others unhappy.

Leadershifts To Become A Secure Leader

• Put other people first
• Make a difference in other people’s lives
• Be the best possible version of yourself that you can
• Express gratitude and reject entitlement
• Be misunderstood and lonely for the right  reasons