“Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough.”
I was watching "A Knights Tale" on TV and was astounded by the amount of marvelous quotes in that movie. This one especially stood out to me: it's what the prince says to William and it made me look at myself a a leader. It makes me think not only of the people I've led in the past but the people I am leading currently and how they act toward me, what they say to me, and how they feel toward me in general. On one side I'm relieved because I've seen so much trust, loyalty, and love demonstrated toward me from those people, but on the other hand it makes me worry. I look back on the way I've handled certain situations both in leadership and simply in life in general and I fear that I am not a good enough person to be a noble leader who is loved by their followers. I frequently demonstrate a stronger sense of justice than mercy, and often I've had to ask people what they think the right decision is because the one that I have decided is right to make is the one that other people I respect highly have told me is not the one that they would make. I fear I'm going to make those justice driven decisions as a leader and drive people away or lose their respect. And not just make justice driven decisions, but make decisions that are not holy. That's prideful thinking in a way as well: I want those that I lead to respect me and my decisions. But really, that's logical too. I'm leading them. Of course I want to lead them well. It all boils down to the fact that I want to be that leader: I want to be a leader whose followers look at my decisions and faults and love me because they know that my character is courageous, honorable, selfless, good, and focused completely on serving and protecting those I'm leading. That my character is noble. I don't think I am fully that person, but I do want to strive toward being them.
11/24/11
I was watching "A Knights Tale" on TV and was astounded by the amount of marvelous quotes in that movie. This one especially stood out to me: it's what the prince says to William and it made me look at myself a a leader. It makes me think not only of the people I've led in the past but the people I am leading currently and how they act toward me, what they say to me, and how they feel toward me in general. On one side I'm relieved because I've seen so much trust, loyalty, and love demonstrated toward me from those people, but on the other hand it makes me worry. I look back on the way I've handled certain situations both in leadership and simply in life in general and I fear that I am not a good enough person to be a noble leader who is loved by their followers. I frequently demonstrate a stronger sense of justice than mercy, and often I've had to ask people what they think the right decision is because the one that I have decided is right to make is the one that other people I respect highly have told me is not the one that they would make. I fear I'm going to make those justice driven decisions as a leader and drive people away or lose their respect. And not just make justice driven decisions, but make decisions that are not holy. That's prideful thinking in a way as well: I want those that I lead to respect me and my decisions. But really, that's logical too. I'm leading them. Of course I want to lead them well. It all boils down to the fact that I want to be that leader: I want to be a leader whose followers look at my decisions and faults and love me because they know that my character is courageous, honorable, selfless, good, and focused completely on serving and protecting those I'm leading. That my character is noble. I don't think I am fully that person, but I do want to strive toward being them.
11/24/11
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