"Leadership is a quest of men seeking to find themselves and in so seeking, they shape the lives of other people."
The above definition of leadership can be construed to mean that the effects one person has on other people are simply the unintended results of that person's search for his identity and destiny. I disagree with this particular formulation of leadership because of its passive tone and its egocentric direction. To me true leadership should be directed centrifugally, so to speak, in that a would-be leader should actively assume the reins of duty and responsibility not for his own self-fulfillment but for the well-being of others. Indeed, people who "do their own thing", and in so doing unintentionally manage to change the lives of other people, are not leaders in the truest sense of the word. They are like the comets that blazed ever so brightly in the evening sky but soon are decimated by their self-consuming brilliance.
Great leaders throughout the ages have shared a common wisdom that transcended time and space--- the wisdom of perseverance, which aimed at the renewal of the sense of unity not only in the leaders immediate environment, but more generally in the area of humanity's shared beliefs and verities. I like to think that wisdom and authority should go together. The reality is, they do mix but only occasionally. On those rare occasions, I can say with certainty that the potential for unfetterd human interaction and development is achieved for no other reason than both ruler and ruled are acting in complete unison of purpose.
by Elayne 14 years ago
Some believe you are either born as a leader or as a follower - which are you, and are you self made or a natural?Personally, I would rather follow than lead, but I don't like to be led astray!!
by Mary Hyatt 13 years ago
My feed is full of "shares" by a Hubber. HP recommends we do not share our own Hubs too frequently, why can't that apply to multiple sharings by the same Hubber for other Hubs. I don't think they can possibly read all those Hubs, I think it's done for other reasons.
by Rosemary Amrhein 14 years ago
I'm a leader I was born on Jan 1st so they say we are leaders born on the 1st day of the 1st month. Also they say capricorns are leaders.But I just am...always was when I was a kid, I liked to invent games and so on.
by NGRIA Bassett 15 years ago
better late than never
by underhiswings 15 years ago
Do all religious roads lead to life? Or is there only one narrow way??Will many find it or will just a few?
by Rev Bruce S Noll HMN 12 years ago
What one piece of knowledge, if shared, would change the world?If you could offer one piece of knowledge to the world what would it be and how would it change how we live for the better?
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