Are you a leader or follower?
By whywiki
@whywiki (6066)
Canada
September 28, 2007 11:31am CST
I always just wanted to be a follower. Go about my business and not be anything but a spot on the wall. Well life has a way of making you something you never thought you would be. In my case it is being a leader. I never wanted to be but I just seem to have ended up this way. My hubby says if you don't stand up and lead some other goof will do it and you have to answer to some goof so it is better to lead. He is a natural born leader and thrives on it. So here I am a leader in my life, who would have thunk. Are you a leader or follower and is it your choice to be this way or has life made it this way for you?
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12 responses
@lovein (345)
• India
29 Sep 07
If you will define and act based on the definition of leader you will be a leader
And If you will define and act based on the definition of follower you will act as follower.
If you will define life and act based on this definition , you will act as an alive man.
All these are awareness and all are stand alone definition, they can not be mixed up.
If you will not be able to know all these definition,meanings you can be none of them.
Thanks
@skydancer (2101)
• United States
29 Sep 07
I am a natural leader (by personality traits) though this is sometimes not recognized because of my taciturn social personality. However, I am not a follower under most circumstances... I will go under someone else's direction if I can trust them, but there are only a select few people I would allow to have that kind of authority over me. In most cases, I tend to either be a leader or just go about my own way without following anyone but my own instincts.
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
28 Sep 07
A leader OR a follower..... . I'm neither of both. However , I would not hesitate to listen to what a leader has to say and follow what feels it to be good for me and intun what is detrimental to me.
@Kunal11 (28)
• India
28 Sep 07
well , let me tell you that it isnt easy to be either of it -a leader or a follower because you need a lot of patience to be a follower that is to understand other peoples thoughts to gain knowledge from them and to follow them but it is equally hard to be a leader because guiding people out of situations advicing them and other things not only need patience but also courage and most importantly experience and to gain experience we have to follow somebody so i guess being a follower could be easy however personally i may not be a follower but i know i can be good at it
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
28 Sep 07
In my work I was a follower asI didnt like the responsibility of beeng the leader. In my private life I am more of the leader and my husband is one as well so as you cant have 2 leaders we used to have lots of arguments but now we both learned to compromise a lot.
@lovelydame3000 (1577)
• India
7 Jan 08
Hi whywiki! Leadership is about getting things done.I am a leader. I work in a Bank in a leadership position and even when i was in my teens i have had this habit of making followers around me. I like to take charge of situations and get things done. I don't wait for others to respond but take the lead when ever there is a need. Leadership qualities are inbuild in your charecter 60% and the rest can be developed by you. Leaders are those who dare and not afraid of what the consequences would be. He/she should even be ready to take criticisms and failure. All the best!
@piasabird (1737)
• United States
29 Sep 07
I can do both on occasion. But I guess that anymore I prefer to be a follower at work. I find that I get my butt chewed on less if I'm not the one in charge. I don't have to be responsible and I like that. I've got too many things at home to be in charge of right now. I just like less stress.
@sugarfloss (2139)
• Malaysia
28 Sep 07
hey whywiki,I was once a leader during my school years but I don't think I am much of a leader now.I'm just bored of leading.Let someone else do the job!hehe.
@ssf12ster (488)
• India
29 Sep 07
see earlier i was a follower now i am a leader. u learn and u lead then u dont follow.if u folow then u cant lead.u need to take a initiative anytime.now people think.recently we had a 25 years wedding celebration of my bro in law i entertained them the whole evening with family and freinds.so they said i was a very good leader.
@serendipity0707 (10)
• China
29 Sep 07
i want to be a follower and live a simple life. being a leader costs too much despite the vanity, fame, weath and womem it may bring to you. even if you own all
of these, happiness is likely to keep away from you. on the road to the so-called success, you may lose your family's love and faith on account of your lack of time
to stay with them. maybe you can hurt other's interests to satisfy yourself. many reasons.
however, the society need elites to move forward. but i am glad not to be included in.
