...on leadership

The best leaders are born with skills that others strive to acquire. It can be honed & developed to make a successfull leader in adulthood. Others, may not have had that skil noted, and therefore their skills may be left undiscovered.

What makes a great leader is a combination of many traits & charachteristics; to name a few: wisdom, respect, far-sightedness, empathy, decisiveness, in addition to excellent timing, control, conscientious, diligent effort and a drop of humour.

So to develop a leader, one needs to grow a seed in to a fine plant. As with a plant one would need the right environment and a few surprises from mother nature! Some strife & toiling can only make a person stronger & wiser; as with the pepper plant (chilli) one needs to make it thirsty for the pepper to be more hot! And so, the right amount of suffering can at times do good.

A successfull leader gathers much of his/her success through time, and so, you might find a dynamic young leader, but it is only with time & experience will he develop to be a fine one.

When Mikhail Gorbachev came to power at the ripe old age o f 60 in the former USSR, he was considered too young to become president because he may not have acquired the appropriate experience & wisdom for his years.

It is therefore, imperative to take careful consideration in choosing the right leader, and so comes the core of the matter, who is it that makes, chooses and sustains the leader. It is the people. And with that relationship and responsibility comes the unending question: was that a wise decision. For it is only under duress & pressure does the true mettle of the said leader show and it is only then that we realise whether they are great or not.