Perhaps as a keen student of history, the quest of mine is to enquire how leadership characteristics evolve in individuals.

Does a leader possess any unique skills that others do not have, or is it that Nature endows similar skill set to all humans? Some discover their skills set and put them to effective use while others remain unaware of this gift present within them.

I believe the environment, including the effect of the various eras of human history, gives impetus to the discovery of leadership.

The many types of events that unfold offer an opportunity to either respond to them or submit to them.

Intelligent individuals see these moments as a window of opportunity to exploit their inherent skills to override the challenges. They excel because they see the “events” as a propeller to bring forth hitherto latent and unutilised talent, skills and abilities.

The more I read history of WWI and WWII, the greater is my conviction that Winston Churchill would have never made to 10 Downing Street if it wasn’t the War. Alternatively at best history would have recorded him as an entertaining parliamentarian, who had a wit laced with arsenic acid.

It is always events that appear to overwhelm humanity. Individuals appear on the horizon as a result of a situation; it is equally a reality that most events are initiated by individuals.

In the swamp of history it is essential to sift through its mire to see and discover how much of that history has been a result of well-calculated, pre-conceived and pre-determined by the very individuals who were able to steer their respective countries, societies and nations from the negative fallout out of these self-created events.

Leaders display a certain mettle of a different nature when they remain unrelenting to take on an event. They dare themselves to succumb to the conditions of the present, here and now, they also have the ability of not succumbing or not getting intimidated by the uncertain deluge of the future.

In victory the leader gets instant........

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