I have had an unintentional break from posting and so much has happened over these days, the media hype on H1N1 Flu, which almost got us thrown out of normal life.
The other major political drama unfolding at home is with the other party… whew! how did they manage to get themselves into such a rut? The think tank seems to be bent upon ensuring that they would be no challenge to the ruling party for much time to come and all the good work they had managed to do so far, lost in so little time. It seems it will be a long while before they get their act together; that is if they get it together… !
All this while there is some-one who is silently and surely ensuring that there would be no alternative to him to lead the government.
Seth Godin in his blog http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/08/thanks-for-leading.html, very conventionally points out from his book Tribes,
Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.
The scarcity makes leadership valuable. If everyone tries to lead all the time, not much happens. It’s discomfort that creates the leverage that makes leadership worthwhile.
In other words, if everyone could do it, they would, and it wouldn’t be worth much.
It’s uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers.
It’s uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail.
It’s uncomfortable to challenge the status quo.
It’s uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle.
When you identify the discomfort, you’ve found the place where a leader is needed.
If you’re not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it’s almost certain you’re not reaching your potential as a leader.
His observations have come so true in this case.
