A country of leaders is a formula for failure. Who will follow when everyone wants to lead? Teach them well & let them lead the way may have a beautiful ring to it, but listen closely & you will hear it's slightly out of tune. Teach them well, but don't teach them they should all be leaders.
I remember teachers scolding students over their progress & asking them, "Do you want to grow up & be a carpenter, mechanic, or work on a garbage truck?" This only teaches our youth to disrespect people of these trades. I for one wouldn't want to live in a world without them. I believe leadership like creativity is something we may or may not be blessed with. A person can have a PHD in art & still not be an artist. I see everyone wanting to lead, but a leader leads without having to be appointed a leader position.
A leader can only be as good & those that follow them & I don't see us teaching the art of following. I've heard it said leadership is like lead in a pencil, and if you sharpen a pencil with no lead, all you have is a sharp stick. Be all you can be & is all anyone can do & that job is difficult enough, & if by chance your a leader I believe it will be revealed just as the stroke of a brush reveals the artist.
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