Indeed it is debatable to believe leaders are made, not born.
Leadership may sound like a common word to others. Put someone as the CEO of a company or a President of a country, he/she is then perceived as the leader. The reality of our life today, or perhaps since the dawn of human being, a leader is someone who sits at the top, planning and directing orders to lower ranks officials to execute them. But what makes a leader, a leader?
Everyday in our life is a matter of endless learning. Thus, leader is not shaped in a day. Great leaders are made by their strong determination of learning new knowledge everyday, even if it means re-learning it. What we read yesterday may need today's learning to guide us to execute it, and what we execute today may need constant follow ups in the long run. Follow ups then requires skills, and what for skills are inadequate without a good stream of knowledge who knows how to handle issues in a synchronize orchestra. Hence, its a process of development.
Having all these in place may shape an influential leader. Someone may be the no. 1, but being the no. 1 for the sake of being looked upon to is pretty useless. As a leader, he/she requires the ability to influence others. Great leaders influence others to shape great leaders.
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