Leadership

One of the things that is frequently mentioned in our expedition on second life is leaders, not necessarily pertaining to SL, but more so to WOW, and guild leaders. I learned a hard lesson in leadership today, well actually over the past few days, and I wasn't ready to talk about it until now. Mainly because I wanted to see how it was going to work out.

Well lets just say being a leader is like being kicked in the nuts repeatedly. I can honestly say that I hate being looked at like a leader. People may see a strong confident man on the outside, but inside, I'm shitting myself. I'm always second guessing myself, and I hate making people mad, although I've been told several times, and in many different phrases that it comes with the territory.

I was asked the other day why I'm so involved and wrapped up in things, and the only answer I could give was that I need to be busy, and there is a simple to desire to step up to the plate when no one else will do anything about the situation.

Anyone who says they enjoy being a leader is lying. No one enjoys being a leader, I guess all I can say is that some people are willing to put themselves on the line. The next question then is how do you command the respect of those you should lead? The only way I can think of doing that is by being fair, and honest. If you compromise your integrity, then you have compromised the trust of those who follow you. I try to keep that top of everything if I'm placed into a leadership situation.

So to sum it up, being a leader can suck, but someone has to do it, and in order to do it well, you must be fair, confident, and trust worthy!