Hi Reader,
I am not saying you need to work daily extra hours, but work extra when it required. remember, you are not doing for other, you are doing for yourselves. Here, " Flexibility and Domination are both the same". Again I saying "Domination and being flexible are thee same. Yes both are same. Flexibility is also the kind of domination. Just think and process it.
What is leadership? There are many number of leadership quality. And flexibility is also one of quality in leadership. Most of us say, I like this, and my mother brought me here like this only. Then you will stay same place. Instead of staying like this and say to them, " I was brought up like this, but I will do this thing for you sir" Then you are hero and leader in there. The life lesson also like this. If you are not flexible, then you are gone. A local man who joins as a counselor, even after 20 years most he will continues as a councilor there, even till his death.
Somewhere in someplace very common person who like to learned about Dravidian, now become a CM. His name is Dr. Kalaignar (Tamilnadu CM in India). How?. I am not highlighting only him. All political leaders, who became big political leader came from a tea supply boy, water boy, and shoe repair. They all got attracted by doing the small work with more effect and became a great leaders in our history. Because they are very flexible in field.
Cleaning is despicable,or working under some is despicable, or fixing the vehicle is despicable, or washing is despicable. Many of us forget, A common mechanic is the founder of Honda Company (Mr.Soichiro Honda). He is flexible to fix the any vehicle in small village of Japan. If he has refused to be a car mechanic and say "I will not do this work. I will only do a big work or job". Not only this, for all things we must know the basics. If you told to come for a project at 4 AM or 10 Pm in your office or any other place by your office or any other client. Just remember, this is the first opportunity you are getting. So the thing which is not asked for others, but doing only to you and you do it, and then you are will become important person ti them. It means the leader is seeing you as a leader.
If anyone asks you to do it for me means, they see you as a leader and not as a slave or not as getting his work done and not as fooling you. most of us will think, "Why should I do this for him?" I am also getting the same salary as other. But I am honestly telling you this, If you see all the days as the same till the end, then your life will be boring. For Sunday, you must get a some feel. For Monday, you must get a some feel. For Tuesday, you must get a some feel. As the same, How each and every day you have different feelings. I am openly telling you that each and every day, there is an opportunity.
Most of the people doesn't work on Sunday, but believe me guys "CEO will work on sundays". "The CEO works more on sundays". That how, "They become a CEO". The moment you are also ready to work on Sunday, you may also have an opportunity to become a CEO or a leader in your own field. But, you say, I don't work on sundays. You say I have to be with my family. That means you are not with your family for past five or six days, If yes, then you are right and need to spend the time with them. If No, then at least adjust little bit for them and spend with them on other days.
There is always a belief believe that " Sundays are for family". No, every days is for your family. All those big people who are bigger in life. One thing is common, they are highly flexible, not just in their, also in their family. He will be doing his work, he also say to his wife " I Love you" in between his work. He will be doing his work, he also will hug his child and ask what do you want?".
Great CO's will do their work, and also address the challenges at home too.
When you say you can so only one thing, you can never become a leader. A lion to become a leader is not so easy task. All pride of lions has few lionesses and cubs of it. Already a lion will be in it. The pride lion will chase off the grown-up male cubs of its own as they may become a competitor for him. When cubs has to go out, and learn to hurt the animals, and then learn how to fight. After that, cubs will have challenges the pride lion and have to go for a new jungle boarder, have to defect the pride lion in there, and then only it can become a king. There is nothing despicable than staying in a place given by somebody. Remember,
"The moment something is comfortable to you, that will never allow you to be flexible".
When everything is according to yours, does it need your flexibility? No, you can sit as you are. When something is already ready, then What will happen to you? You don't have to be flexible, you have to be like this. And behavior like I am like this only. In the morning at 8 am, I will have my breakfast and exactly at 1 pm, I will have my lunch and around 7:30 to 8 pm, I will have my dinner. At last at around 9 pm, I will start sleeping. That is my life. If you live life like this, then you can stay where you are now.
Keep this in your mind, each and every father who all are now as mechanic or diver. They learn it slowly, first as helper, then learn driving at city outside, then slowly driving in city, and then reached this position. When you hear a lorry drivers struggles, I am sure you will write several motivation stories. Because they have to sitting on the top of the engine, without thinking of their pains, They are simply driving on all forests and city, ups and downs, winter and summer. Even they don't the place or language, but they doing it without thinking. The struggle of looking after their children, those fathers giving tension and stress to their children. Grown by that house, will know the flexibility of the father who all grow with struggling father is higher.
Keep in mind, whoever did not realize their father's pain and struggle, their flexibility will naturally decrease. At least, to teach them after joining the work, I request all to not make everything comfortable to other. Today if you are a very successful person because you had a very hard and painful experience in the past. When you make everything comfortable, he cannot grow as a great team member. If a father wants his to become a CEO, and for sure, if he give his CEO seat to him, he will definitely not a become a CEO till he realize that. He should not give a place in his own company itself. Then will his child will learn.
Similarly, the biggest life lesson for anybody for success is one, "Be highly flexible". Don't say, "I will not do this and that". Then the time will make you do on your knees. It will get it done on your knees. Time is a very bad and best teacher. You must have heard many stories how the time changed the people life. There is even a one line, "When the time time, it will take its course to throw you out". When the time comes and teaches you a lesson, that time your life will be a disaster. Remember this again,"When the time comes and teaches you a lesson, that time your life will be a disaster".
There is two options in our life, "either now realize and change yourself" or "Hit disasters and then change". But that time will be highly painful. You can go through big pain in your life. Then, How can I change myself? Just think this, "This outside world will be the straight opposite of what you thought or you have". To recover from this world, first you have to learn to surrender yourself to other. First meet the person who can improve you, then say to them, "I will do whatever you say". There you will learn, and flexibility will be there, you will win there. When you surrender What will happen? Automatically you will get flexibility. The highest form of flexibility is leadership. Any top leader of any country or organization or business, you can go check. Outside they will be seen as very rigid. But, inside they will be so humble and flexible, they know how to be for that place.
Some may ask, Are we need to wear a mask? There is nothing wrong with it. You need to wear a mask. Are we now with our originality? All are wearing the mask and sitting in front of us. For this place, it is needed. For another place, another mask is needed. When you are flexible, whatever mask you need will come on its own, then it will lift you up. In the flexibility, the mask is not wrong. For example, when someone is angry with you, will you fight with him?. We say, "It's okay sir, We shall work on it". This is what flexibility is. At that time, you need a mask of patience.
The child which faces the pain will only win in life. That child will only know the basics of it. When it understands the basics, what will come? Flexibility will come. The pain is also a mother of flexibility. Flexibility is mother of leadership.
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