Leaders of the world

As I haven’t been active for quite some time, I would like to come back with a post about leaders, that have had an influence or mean something special to me. This list is not complete and I hope I will add from time to time another leader. For now I will write about the following:

Jesus

What is so striking about Jesus as a leader is that he never faltered in his way and that he lived what he preached. He was incredibly true to himself. His message of peace and love he carried until the end. After some time I realized that there are certain things that I believe in and for these beliefs, I have to stand up and speak up. There are certain standards for which we have to endure anything to keep them up.

Temujin

Better known under the name Genghis Khan. We all know that he conquered most of Asia and came to Europe. He used his troops very effectively with a exceptional strategy and tactics. The aspect of Temujin’s life that inspired me was the very early part. During his childhood he was ejected by his tribe and had to survive on his own. He had this enormously strong will and survived and kept his family alive. He had then to go through horrible suffering and torture before he came to power. This showed me that sometimes you have to go through difficult times until you become successful. This is sometimes hard to endure, but I takes the will power of a true leader to go through with it. And in the end, he conquered the world…

Hannibal

Hannibal became famous equally for his will power. But it wasn’t his will to survive who impressed me. He analyzed a political situation very correctly, that the war with Rome will be inevitable and he chose a very daring course. He was the one to move first and was convinced on his course through the alps. It must have take a lot of conviction to drive his army through the mountains and never second guessing whether this is the right course of action. And once he was in Italy he showed his truly brilliant mind by always using the situations to his advantage. If he came to a battle field, he always took what was given him and made the most out of it.

I will add other leaders from time to time, but these three have to be sufficient for now.

Besides that I got hit by a reading frenzy… Doing a lot of reading again… lots of fun…

That’s everything
Cheers
Stefan