When you eat something nutritious and tasty, you feel
that wonderful sensation, as if the world is the most wonderful place… But, after a few hours, that type of
satisfaction will end, and the same could be said to toys, cars, holidays and
people’s company.
Most of the world is looking for a different type of
satisfaction, but only find the one that is as ephemeral as it was sung in the
1960’s by The Rolling Stones[1]. Ultimately does not give long-lasting gratification.
One of the reasons is that most of time we take
satisfaction from actions and external situations. However, leaders find satisfaction inside
themselves, using the external not as a source, but as a means to make other people
realise what the leader is inside.
For instance, maybe a person will look for a friend
with whom to talk and go out, and his satisfaction will rely on that
interaction. On the contrary, a leader will
have something to talk about and when a friend comes their conversation will
happen.
It is good to be a leader as she or he IS a satisfied
person, and has no need to create external means in order get to that point.
[1] (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction is a song
composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the leaders of The Rolling Stones, launched on June 6th 1965.
(Excerpt from the book 82 Reasons
to be a Leader)
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