Echoes From The P.E.T Library... Poem by Justus Cyril E

- By Igwe Ojemba -
Even in times of TURBULENCE....
An Effective Leader SHOULD remain Courageous...
Why? ? ?

Lets see...
Like building up a structure,
their is the tendency of it collapsing in the nearest future.

To prevent this from happening,
the Architect in charge of the buildings'
layout structure and design
will need to take certain questions into consideration...
Like...

- Do i have a Plan to work with

- Who do i need to perfect my plan

- What tools do i provide for them to work with

- What rules do i need to guide, control, coordinate
and manage those i will work with

- What will be our benefit (REWARD) at the end

When everything needed is in place and the job begins,
the architect sticks firmly to his original plan and
demands firmly that this plan be followed to the letter
in order to avoid the tendencies of collapse.

The architect might become ruthless in decision making
and a times fearless enough to face the hardest task
should any of the other team members show any signs of fear...

His ability to take risk does not lie in his STRENGTH
but rather in his believe to achieve what he has set out to do...

: : : > Build A Structure That Will Not Collapse In The Nearest Future<: : :

This undying ZEAL to achieve a goal
makes the Architect the leader of the Construction Team...
and for him to lead team members
he must have in mind
that his team is made of the following categories of people...

- The ROCK:
The Ever Ready Strong and Agile member of the team but often times, easily affected by natural occurrences such as hunger, annoyance, emotional disturbance etc.

- The WIND:
The smooth going calm speaking member of the team always brings calmness when in a team but only contributes little to the entire project

- The Water:
Very gentle and meek always ready to satisfy every one but very hard to control when angry

- The Soil:
very soft and easy going absorbs everything without complain worked harder that almost all but still being threaded upon

- The Flower:
The Artistic eye of the team… always ready to paint a beautiful picture seeing the best in every one, bringing good ideas but leaves it for others to implement…
withers when there is too much pressure

- The Sun:
Very charming and interactive with every one,
always keeps the team going when it seems as if every one is dull
but on his bad would stir up enough heat to affect every one

- The Architect:
Strong as the ROCK,
smooth and calm as the WIND,
gentle and meek as the WATER,
oft enough to absorb complains as the SOIL,
Must have an artistic eye like the FLOWER
and be charming and interactive like the SUN

"The greatest task of the Architect is not to manage the team…
No…
but to Manage HIMSELF"
And this takes courage…

Now the question is this….
Which part of the team do you belong to? ? ?
Do you have one attribute…? ? ?
Or
Do you combine them well enough to be YOU…? ? ?
While you still ponder on this... take a lesson from....
COURAGE IS THE ABILITY TO DO THE (POSITIVE) THINGS THAT YOU THINK YOU CANNOT DO...
To be continue