Leadership : Remembering one of the greatest leader of all time.

 

On the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, I am thinking of the evolution of leadership skills and how it has been influenced by the history. Celebrating the charismatic and  transformational leaders, help us re-capitulate some of their, extra-ordinary skills and the success stories/mantra.

One of the best way to do this is to read about the work they did and how such a huge wave of "change" was established. Here I present three of the best quotations from Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi) and how I relate to them.

1) You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

This is one of the most inspiring sayings of this great leader. It is so true, when we talk about changing something, we tend to exclude ourselves. Inclusiveness and being an example of the change can have such a strong impact, was proved by him.

2) Live as if you were to die tomorrow;  learn as if you were to live forever.

Living in the moment and present will always have the positive effect. Doing the very best of yourself, today and giving it the fullest will surely present the best outcome tomorrow. We are learning so many things, but are we not unlearning some good things too? Both success and failure in our life gives us the best lessons to remember forever and also pass on to next generations (what we call the lesson learned repository).

3) A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes

This is truly the secret of success of the greatest leaders of the world. The vision, goals and mission of your life, project or organisation should be really well defined. Working/thinking towards/inline with your goal/vision/mission always helps one achieve success. Being optimistic bring positive frequency in the environment.

We are lucky to have such great leaders in the past. Evolution in the leadership style has added value to the work being done in the present, but the primary traits remain the same.

Empathy, Integrity and Vision