Politics

I am examining the seven common missteps of selfish leadership as identified in the article “What Makes a True Leader” written by Jerold Aust from “The Good News” magazine. We looked at the first misstep which was schmoozing.

The second aspect of a selfish leader is Politics. As in schmoozing you might wonder why politics is bad. Politics is bad for a number of reasons.

• Politics is self serving. Many people who practice politics say what people what to hear so they can be voted into an office.
• Politics can be described as another way to schmooze. A person may want something so they play the game to get what they want.
• Politics can also become a series of mud slinging in which a person will say negative things to bring the other person down.

Think about our Presidential campaigns. Think about how negative they become. That is politics they want to earn the votes for that office so they try their hardest to shed negative light on their opponent.

They really should be talking the issues and what each person plans to do. Then if they say they plan to do that to stick to their word. True leadership isn’t about self serving politics it is really about what a leader can do for the people. Then sticking to their values and doing what they say they will do.

Let’s stop playing politics and start being true leaders and serve the people and not ourselves.