I get inspired very very easily.
I love seeing people achieving success just by doing things the right way. I love seeing people doing work happily. I love seeing teamwork and cheerful team working together. How long it takes to achieve something doesn't matter (of course unless you have a deadline then that is no exception), what is important is doing things with the highest level of integrity and passion. No doubt we've seen people get away with doing things the not-really-right way just because - just because they may be related to someone. Just because they may hold a certain position somewhere....
...And nobody does anything to stop it. Sometimes not because you don't want to, but because you cannot do it alone. And well, you probably have better things to do than to battle and tell someone not to do something wrong.
By something wrong, I mean doing something unfavourable intentionally.
Over the weekend Aiman and I had a random conversation about leadership and we agreed that sometimes, people do things just to gain popularity and attention, without thinking of the implication to the wider group.
When heading YCM previously, I did feel that if anything happens to YCM internally and externally, no matter whose fault it is, it will always be MY FAULT. Why? I was then the Chairman. I was the face of YCM and I am called a Chairman for a reason, and that includes the responsibility and accountability that I need to take if anything ever went wrong. I was taught a lot about leadership then. It is more than just a title, and if it is the title that you are chasing for, then don't. Believe me, staying home with people not knowing you because you are not active is much much much better than being a leader for designation sake and is not ready to take accountability and responsibility.
You take on the positions because you want to make good, happy, positive and great changes or even share happiness through your high-integrity actions and you know you can. Not because you want people to know you. The more people know you, the more haters you'll have too btw. And if you are not careful with your actions, that so-you-think-is-glamorous position will bite you back hard.
First rule of leadership - everything is your fault.
(Even if it was your inefficient staff or even the cat who stepped on that computer keyboard and accidentally sent a deal-breaker email).
If you can accept this, you are ready for the (popular) designation. It's a lot of hard work and very little hours of sleep mind you.
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