A requirement for one who would lead is some who would follow.
Because the effort to define one word requires a full understanding of the words used in that effort, we must be sure we understand what it means to follow.
One cannot follow while being compelled. If someone is not acting of their own will when they are thought to follow, they are merely conscripted.
A leader, then, is one whose endeavors create like desires in others.
Because followers can only be so voluntarily, a leader does not compel others
in any way. When one who would lead uses
any form of coercion to compel particular behaviors, he is a tyrant, a user of
people to accomplish his own ease and to fulfill his preferred lusts, whatever
they may be.
A requirement of one who would lead is the financial independence from his followers.
A leader cannot be an employee. A leader chooses his direction, and in so doing, the direction of his followers. By definition, an employee follows the direction he is given.
A requirement for one would lead is the practice of first
position.
A leader is always in front. One who would lead must accept that public reaction to his follower’s behavior is his to own. Because his followers are acting in a voluntary matter, it is his own behavior that makes them followers. This does not mean that perfection is required of a leader. It means that when a leader’s behavior results in a violation of natural or positive law by a follower, he must acknowledge that he is responsible for correcting his own behavior while condemning the actions of the guilty.
When one who would lead does not respond to news of a supposed follower’s immoral or illegal behavior with the words “I failed” as part of his response, he is merely an advocate, one who has managed to speak louder than his fellows about a cause he supports. He is also a coward.
A requirement of one who would lead is humility.
A leader must accept and have his behavior guided by the knowledge that perfection is beyond the reach of humans. He will make errors in judgement and action, and he must publicly and honestly repent, even to the point of stepping down from the position if failing to do so would permanently damage his efforts and those of his followers in reaching their goals. When one who would lead ignores or attempts to cover up his failures, he Is a crook, one who has lied about his product and accepted the payment of those he has deceived.
A requirement of one would lead is superior knowledge and experience.
A leader is a guide, one who sets his direction and goals and inspires others to do the same. To do this successfully, he must be confident about the results that will come if he and his followers achieve their goal. When one who would lead is merely experimenting in a quest to find out how or if something will work as he hopes, he is a thief, using the resources of others while knowingly being unable to assure that he could replace the property his followers expend.
There are other aspects of being a leader, no doubt, but in light of what our so-called leadership is accomplishing in our society, well . . .
A leader is always in front. One who would lead must accept that public reaction to his follower’s behavior is his to own. Because his followers are acting in a voluntary matter, it is his own behavior that makes them followers. This does not mean that perfection is required of a leader. It means that when a leader’s behavior results in a violation of natural or positive law by a follower, he must acknowledge that he is responsible for correcting his own behavior while condemning the actions of the guilty.
When one who would lead does not respond to news of a supposed follower’s immoral or illegal behavior with the words “I failed” as part of his response, he is merely an advocate, one who has managed to speak louder than his fellows about a cause he supports. He is also a coward.
A requirement of one who would lead is humility.
A leader must accept and have his behavior guided by the knowledge that perfection is beyond the reach of humans. He will make errors in judgement and action, and he must publicly and honestly repent, even to the point of stepping down from the position if failing to do so would permanently damage his efforts and those of his followers in reaching their goals. When one who would lead ignores or attempts to cover up his failures, he Is a crook, one who has lied about his product and accepted the payment of those he has deceived.
A requirement of one would lead is superior knowledge and experience.
A leader is a guide, one who sets his direction and goals and inspires others to do the same. To do this successfully, he must be confident about the results that will come if he and his followers achieve their goal. When one who would lead is merely experimenting in a quest to find out how or if something will work as he hopes, he is a thief, using the resources of others while knowingly being unable to assure that he could replace the property his followers expend.
There are other aspects of being a leader, no doubt, but in light of what our so-called leadership is accomplishing in our society, well . . .
