There's not one person, not one person out there who can lead by being fully committed to the cause of their followers.
There're not many who come close. And the numbers are dwindling. Therefore, I shall aim to be one.
Did you realize, that once you adjust your leadership style for your own selfish (subconsciousness) needs, you're not really leading for the overarching target.
Meaning, when you address a squad, you vary your tone, words, body language and volume in such a way that it throws the squad in the exact correct direction.
Trying to gain popularity with a squad, or trying to vent your feelings, is not going to work if it is not going to work.
Anyway, I always believed that a person works best when he/she believes in what he/she is doing. Therefore I will lead with my emotions, but consciously.
Now I am committed to believe that the failure of a squad is always the fault of the NCOs, not the squad. Therefore, I will stop attributing blame to anyone else, and move on forward with my former blaze.
Of course, we take note that influencing a particular group of people will influence many, many factors: The mindsets of that group, their impressions on the leader, their respect towards their leader, the culture of the group.....etc., besides just reaching the aim and changing the immediate action of the group.
Therefore, gainig respect is difficult, and leadership is tough. It definitely calls for unwavering preseverence (which I hopefully have), flexible adaptability, overwhelming sensitivity to the surroundings and beyond, the ability to manipulate the subconsciousness with one's consciousness, and of course, being able to control, not resist, what your emotions tell you to do.
The mind of the individual must wander to stay humane, but gears of the clockwork.
And sometimes we have to realize how much more we can actually do than what we are doing right now.
Instead of attributing blame, we realize and spot mistakes, learn, adapt, get accustomed, and move on. But the emotions from attributing blame can always be useful in doing the latter.
We must reflect.
Because no one is perfect, we can always strive towards that by retaining the pluses and changing the minuses.
Because once you lose the preseverence to continue changing forever, you will never improve. And improve what you want to improve.
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