Sunday, October 16, 2011

Senior Blog 1

What is a good leader?
      It all depends on what your definition of good is.  According to Dictionary.com, good means morally excellent.  But good could also mean how he leads and caliber of leading capabilities.  No matter what the definition of good is the leader part is the same.   A leader is one that can get people to follow him and stay with him.  Hitler had rose Germany from the ashes and started the Nazis.  Jesus had disciples that left their jobs and families to follow Him.  George Washington lead the American army to victory against the British.  John Smith of Jamestown whipped the lazy gentlemen into shape and got the colony up and running.  History is just stock full of leaders.  Even now people are following Obama.  Not all of them were morally good leaders, but the all were leaders who got people to follow them.  So back to the main question. 
     A good leader is one that takes his followers forward for the right reasons and treats them fairly.  He also would be willing to do whatever he has his followers do.  He controls his mouth and never blows up at his followers.  In the above list I think that the following were morally good leaders: G. Washington, John Smith,  and Jesus.