I have read
books and practised leadership from my teenage years, but this little boy
inspires a different level of leadership in me. His determination to make a difference
in a system that cared less and a society that was characterized by
selfishness, nonchalance, mediocrity and greed inspires in me the need to take
the lead in effecting positive change.
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THERE WAS A PROBLEM;
Things weren’t
working as normal and no one seemed to care about it; Do you work in an
organization where things aren’t going smoothly as it should, do you come from
a family that seem to be careless about certain things they should take rather
seriously, or you live in a society that has accepted the life of mediocrity?
If you find yourself in such a system as I have, you would notice that people
aren’t usually very happy about the situation they have found themselves, but
they can’t do anything or so they would think. But this boy is someone you
would call a maverick (one who sees things differently from others). What did
he do?
- He saw the situation and was exasperated by it
- He analyzed the situation and identified the root cause of the problem
- He didn’t complain, whine, lament or turn a blind eye (which was the major problem) to the problem like the others in the same area
- He asked himself the most important question under the circumstance, ‘What can I do to solve the problem?
THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM;
People respond
differently to problems and situations around them; some complain bitterly,
others blame the government, the weather, the system, their family background,
the economic situation or any other external factor not realizing that the
major challenge is not the external forces but the internal weaknesses that we
accept as our reality. The bitter truth is that, things are meant to go wrong;
people change, government and organizational policies fail, systems that may
have lasted for decades fall apart. Rather than sit back and wait and look for
whom to blame and criticize, we can be proactive enough to do what this little
boy did. He focused his attention on finding a solution to the problem. The
only answer that made sense to him was ‘I can move this tree out of the way’.
What a stupid thing to do right?
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