Sometimes, the fray comes before the leader is ready.
It isn’t always an easy thing to step up and be the leader everyone needs. But when the need arises and leaders are born, greatness will appear. We live abundant lives. I was going to say simple lives but most of you, including myself, would argue that point. The simplicity of which I speak reveals the fact that many of us usually obtain what we need fairly easily in order to get what we need in this life. I am not included in that “many.”
A colleague of mine, visiting from another country, couldn’t help but notice the abundance in which we live. A Starbucks on every corner, a grocery store with more than we could possibly need lining the shelves and gas stations where the gas is actually affordable. As we discussed the “commerce” that surrounds us daily, I slowly became aware of what he had seen almost instantaneously upon his arrival. That we are generally selfish – not self-absorbed or miserably miserable, as would seem appropriate – but actually selfish, wanting more for ourselves than is necessary or even deserving. The cycle of produce then consume, produce then consume, is a vicious one.
It is not cheap to live comfortably anywhere. It just isn’t. We pay for comfort all along the way. And there are individuals out there that have very little drive for success or even a need to succeed, after all, if this position doesn’t pan out, they can always move on – or they can go home to be bailed out.. Sadly, this is the attitude for many – the “everyone gets a trophy” mentality.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Meaning when we see a need, when we see a wrong that needs fixing, humans will go out of their way to fix it or prepare a work around. The mother of invention system proves itself over and over again and is alive and well. At my office, the number of employees recently grew by 100%. Leaders have emerged from this time of growth & development and this is a good thing. The fray showed up early for some and too late for others.
This organic, unappointed growth sprouts leadership: those that can easily give direction to those in need of direction. It’s kind of like that whole steel sharpens steel concept in that struggle or friction forces the emergence of a Phoenix. The fray strikes again.
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