To play a leader’s
role is a difficult task, so one should tend to follow a leader than being a
leader himself. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
I disagree with the
given statement. Everyone attempts to be a leader somewhere, such as at home,
at workplace, in social circle or in public. Leadership is everyone’s dream
except for those who have renounced the world. Most of the wars from ancient
time till today are fought to prove leadership.
A good leadership
comes out with virtues like wisdom, knowledge, powerful speech, flexibility to
mould oneself as situation demands, emotional intelligence, mental strength and
so on. When people fail to become a leader, they try to blanket their own
incapability as it is a human tendency to find replies to failure and shift
burden elsewhere. They utter demotivating statements like, “Leadership is a bed
of thorns and is futile.” The fact is that leaders are appreciated worldwide :
one of the best examples is Mahatma Gandhi. Escapism is a symptom of psychologically
disturbed personality. Naturally, such a person can never become a leader and “grapes
are sour” is the only excuse he has.
Being a leader in
itself is a matter of pride as he knows he is the best. He is a role model to
his group. “Leaders command, others follow.” Leaders are lawmakers and
lawmakers are not bound to follow the law. It is always the leader who receives
the biggest share and sometimes the entire. He gets respect and does not have
to put much of his physical effort to use. “Pawns are for sacrifice, not king,”
as Vishwanathan Anand once said. His importance for the group may get him
maximum protection. He has the freedom to follow his wish, though with the
sense of responsibility. As nothing comes for free, he has to bear maximum responsibility
and blame too when failures are met.
I would conclude
with a firm view that one should always aim for leadership as wishing to be
just a member itself is a setback in life.
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