* Leadership is the ability to create appetites in others.

* The question is, what kind of appetites are you creating?

* In business, we create two kinds:

* Success at work (your work is worship).

* Significance in life (you’re a minister on mission).

* There are three characteristics that will create appetites in others.

* We see this in the story of Rehoboam, King Solomon’s son.

* When the people came and asked for their labor to be made easier, he got advice from his dad’s advisors.

* Listen to what they said - “If you will be a servant to this people, be considerate of their needs and respond with compassion, work things out with them, they’ll end up doing anything for you.”

* Three characteristics of a good leader:

* 1) He’s a Servant - like when Jesus washed the feet of the disciples.

* John 13:1-5 - He recognized His leadership authority, stooped down, and served.

* He focused on “their” feet, not “His” feet.

* John 13:12-15 - He told them He did this to “create an appetite” in them to do the same.

* EX: Michael Jr. “giving” laughs instead of “getting” laughs.

* 2) He’s Considerate - to be considerate is to “show careful thought.”

* They think good thoughts and then they act on those thoughts (through words, deeds, prayer, etc).

* A considerate person is a “thoughtful” person - they “consider” others before themselves (this makes them kind).

* 3) He’s Compassionate - they “feel” for others.

* Being “considerate” is about your thinking, being “compassionate” is about your feeling.

* You can be considerate without being compassionate, but you can’t be compassionate without being considerate.

* The only way to feel for others is through “empathy.”

* EX: My friend Joe Silva.

* The real test isn’t weeping when others weep, but rejoicing when others rejoice!