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They say leaders are made. This is the greatest delusion ever concocted by man. Any

leader who is worth his salt is a born leader. Society presents circumstances that enable

one to be fashioned or moulded into a leader. Thats the greatest contribution of society to

mankindit identifies a leader from its surroundings.

A distinction has to be made between true leaders and quack leaders. True leaders know

that they are born for a purpose. Society is their laboratory. They experiment and display

various leadership skills which benefit society as a whole.

There are also true leaders who are a bane to society. They mask themselves as autocrats,

dictators and demagogues. Arent they born leaders? Hitler is a case in point. He whipped

German society into accepting and carrying out his nefarious activities unto the world. The

world nearly came to a standstill watching his atrocities.

Autocrats and dictators who have a complete sway consider society as their playground.

Citizens are pawns in a great game of chess. The chess of life. Use one pawn against

another to silence opposition or kill foes. The majority are slaves or compliant individuals

ever ready to do their biddings. Disgruntled and dismayed individuals utter disenchantment

and anger only in private.

Good leaders are hard to find. When society collapses, it naturally looks towards a true

leader who can save them from their malady. The appearance of this type of leader is

mostly in a time of crisis as society has been ripened to accept true leadership.

Quack leaders are aplenty in the world today. They have this foolish notion that they are

true leaders. But they dont seem to lead their stated industry in any new form or ideas.Most of it is just picking up from what their predecessors have been doing.

A born leader is possessed with originality of thought. Thoughts that create more benefits to

society. Thoughts that inspire and teach others to do the same. Thoughts that jolt others to

rethink the usefulness of their present worth.

Most of all, a born leader is imbued with unbounded courage to stick to his views and

actions decisively.

Quack leaders are the opposite. They follow the trends of society. They dont want to upset

society from its continual slumber. Contrary and sincere opinions are dangerous. That willmean a dip in their earning power and influence. Just do what others do. is their motto.

Quack leaders have a semblance of courage. Appearing to be courageous, they promote

their ideas in the form of advice or suggestions. Thats about it. Nothing of great value

actually. Follow the norm and everything is fine. These are some of the hallmarks of quack

leaders. Cant you see these quack leaders peddling their wares everywhere?

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Leadership institutes are set up to study the art and science of leadership. Investigations

and studies are made into how and why leaders behave as they do. Of what qualities

leaders are made of? Studies and findings are compiled for posterity.

The hard truth is that nobody really knows how and why leaders behave as they do.

Nobody can explain who is a leader from a follower. There are no scientific explanations fordiscovering and choosing a true leader. At best, only patterns of certain behavioural

tendencies exhibited by these leaders are established through these findings.

True leaders spring from every nook and cranny of society. There is no set model to

determine which direction they are coming from.