LEADERSHIP

Many say it is hard to be leader… and I can tell you, yes it is. All can become leaders but not everyone is good. There are many who failed but only few succeeded. And to be a good leader is one of the most difficult things to do. Leading people is like being a pilot on your own plane, you have to be very careful and alert or else your plane will crash. You are accounted on all the possible things that will happen during your entire trip and if you’ll land safely, then you have accomplished a flight once again.

Have not you wonder why is it hard to become a leader when all you have to do is to command and say whatever you want to happen, with just a snap of your finger, people will follow you? It may look that way but it’s not easy as what you think.

• First, not all of your members are your followers. Maybe there are many but there are some who wants to live by their own rules, their own styles. They don’t believe in your potentials and sometimes make things for you to be distracted. You can do nothing about them except when they realize that they have to follow you.

• Second, remember that everything you do, there is one people, at least one single soul who wants to oppose you. He will make moves to destroy all of your plans and will find all your flaws and if found any, he’ll grab the opportunity to gather up people and encourage them to go against you. This people may give you headaches but if you will just ignore him and do what you should really do, eventually, he will stop.

• Third, you have to consider that if you’re a leader, there are still people higher than you do. These are the people who will help you succeed in your life or maybe the people who will pull you back. You may be the best leader in town, but there really is one person, higher in position that will truly focus all his attention to you, guard you in any of your moves and reacts every of your single mistake. But on the other hand, there may be a person whom you are being subordinated will give you the total boost of support to the things you are planning to do and will add things which can make it better.

• Fourth, your "adviser" maybe your worst enemy. You may have plans that she doesn’t like and reject it so easily not knowing the sweat and hard work you have done just to attain things. She is the one who should help you whenever you have done something wrong, but some of them give you a mile of long blames of blah, blah, blah, blah… and instead of helping you get through to the hole you have fallen she’ll spread it to the whole wide world that you committed such mistake. She’ll make you cry and helps you look stupid in front of many... glad that only few of this kind exists... and sorry, if you're one of the 'unluckys'. (Well, for me, as not so lucky... with no choice, has this sh*test person in my good-old student body organization days)

• Fifth, the plans you formulated are not as easy as opening nuts. You have to work it out and be a part of the plan. You cannot just sit and shout what things to do but you have to work together with your members or else you will wake up a day, all your plans were devastated.

Now tell me, is it really hard to be a leader? Still yes it is, no leader have said it is easy. But there are many ways to lessen the load you are carrying. Just know the consequences of all our actions and be just honest sincerely open to anyone and be humble in all your achievements, no doubt, you will succeed. And remember when the world turned its back away from you, there is still one great God will cover you up.

Well, to the future leader wannabes…

GOOD LUCK!