Leaders and Leaderships

People need leaders! Many think that a person is needed to encourage their growth and development. So that they can lead their life leisurely following them like sheep!!. I think most of the successful political leaders know that too well. So, most of the time they concentrate on striking the emotional chord of their likely followers. Contemporary indian political leaders Like Sonia andhi, !arendra Modi, "ahul andhi, come to my mind. #hey need not work very hard, to achieve political success, work history of their predecessors are handy. People, at large, are too emotional and least educated. #hey really do not know, what really is good for them. #hey go after what appeals to them emotionally particularly while they are suffering from oppression of one kind or another $y a set of powerful persons. #he leader is then taken as their messiah who would free them from their $ondages!! %hat then are the &ualities that distinguish a real leader from a fake' Lao #(u, a Chinese philosopher of )th Century wrote* A leader is best when neither seen nor heard, Not so good when adored and glorified, Worst when hated or despised. Of a leader when his work is done his aims fulfilled the people will all say We have done it ourselves. I think a real leader must $e love the people who follow and therefore understand them! Must have good management skills + so the right attitude is very essential, $e ready to accept inevita$le change and therefore inculcate such an attitude among people around, so that they do not aspire-try to $e in power for as long as they can! Isn.t that asking for the Moon' /o we know of any leader who has-had such &ualities' I do not think most contemporary political leaders have such &ualities, they are the &ualities of well known leaders like 0$raham Lincoln, Lenin, Mahatma andhi, Mandela, and Mao #se #ung!!! #heir &ualities, look at the following link* #op 1 &uaities of ood Leaders , #hey are no dou$t* 2onesty, Compassion, Integrity, 3le4i$ility, Confidence!!!,

Rakesh

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