My Own Interpretation of Mandela’s 8 Lessons in Leaders

That is why I also wanted to theatrical role to you Mandelas 8 lessons of Leadership 1. Courage is non the absence of consternation its inspiring others to move beyond it In tackling lifes ch aloneenges, you must face fear head-on and stimulate the guts that you may not falter when life is giving you a hard time. in that respect argon people who wanted to see you fall and you must find courage to stand up to them. Having courage does not mean world reckless or stupid but rather it means to keep up your head up, look them in the eye. Do the beneficial thing pull down when you stand alone and it eventually go forbidden pay off in the end 2.Lead from the front but take upt forsake your base behind Hey, its great to be a leadinger, right? There are privileges homogeneous less piece of work for you and more work for your subordinates and get the credit from the efforts of your colleagues-NO, this is a very wrong notion. They provide neer respect you as a leader if you lead them an iron fist. Whats the point of being a leader if no one go forth follow you? Move with the principle that others matter as well and do whats best for your group, not just you. Be honest and fair. bring in hard. Play hard. Do your homework. Know what you are talking close to and they will follow.Dont ever mis state arrogance and intelligence for the akin thing for they are quite different. Life will eventually instill you humility if your ego will swell up. 3. Lead from the back and permit others believe they are in front Sometimes, its kind of prudish to take a few steps back and let others lead as well while you still lead them. Why not? Give others opportunity to prove themselves that they are capable to lead and let them discover their potentials too. peradventure you could even perk up a thing or two from them. Not all great ideas come from one wizardry but rather a group of brains.When they eventually get off-track, youre still there to guide them back d esire a sheepherder guiding a lost sheep. 4. Know your enemy and learn about his favorite sport Truth is you cannot please everybody and there are many a(prenominal) people would not favor you leading them. That irritates you, doesnt it? Often, the people who petulance us most in life are more like us than wed like to admit. Dont ignore them. ride to know them. Find out what makes them tick. Maybe they just want your attention. Maybe they just want a duty. Give them something to do for change. See how they fare.Now, at some point, you may need to cut your losses and move on down the road. However, you may inadvertently find out your enemy is all of a sudden your good friend. 5. Keep your friends close and your rivals even close at hand(predicate) Youre not alone and there leaders like you as well but with different personalities, capabilities, and leaderships styles. Some of these leaders may check out to you and favor your leadership skills but there are other does not. Sti ll, it is not wrong to attain a little healthy competition and learn to appreciate what life gives you because not all life is easy.Again, you have to be strong and be firm for the people who follow you. When things go out of hand, incessantly use diplomacy. 6. Appearances matter and remember to smiling Love yourself starting before others. How can you deal other people when you could not serve yourself right? Appearances really do matter especially if youre a student nurse rendering service to your patient. If your patient sees that you could not take care of yourself, he/she will have second thoughts or doubts in cooperating with you. Being neat and clean will give you an edge. Remember to smile because this stuff is contagious.When you clumsily tripped yourself, you should make a fast recovery with approving and smile because they want strong leaders who could recover fast from a tragic fall and continue the service. SMILE 7. Nothing is black or white Life could be a burde n sometimes when you have to make a stopping point, either it is small or big because not all of your decisions would favor the entire public and there always consequences. When that happens, starting signal of all pray, it helps to meditate and ask for guidance from above and then have in mind for a solution, it always works. Listen to all lieus of the story before fashioning rash decisions.All decisions especially a leaders decision should be think through. Sleep on it if you must. Dont let emotions cloud your judgment. This is a very common to student nurses during RLE when in doubt, dont or ask your clinical instructor about it, it always works, analyze it they wont bitesometimes. 8. Quitting is leading too I flinched when I heard this one but I tend to like it. It is cliche to say do not ever give up, try and try until you succeed, and quitting is for losers but what if you run out of ideas, too tired to live on on, groping for answers in the dark and hopelessly praying for give me more clip.Why not tomorrow? Hey, there are always tomorrow right? Dont tire yourself youre only human. If you adept that youre losing a battle, sound a retreat, let your army last out and fight for another day, maybe your enemy needs a perch too you know. Sometimes in life doesnt work out. merely step back and take a deep breath. Move on and do something else or the alternative. Dont squander your life in the boulevard of broken dreams, just move on the other side of the road to start anew.A life of good leaders revolves somewhat success and failure all the time. But just learn to get into what God has given you and learn to appreciate it. Do not know on failures but move on. Leaders experience too many sufferings and trials in order to strive for excellent service his/her fellows but it will be compensated with the achievements and recognitions he/she earned. The pieces of paper and awards on the wall are important. But they are not nearly as important as the jo urney you make and the people you meet along the way. CARPE DIEM