To be good leaders, we have to change ourselves first

Question from the Internet:

“As a leader, do you want to serve or be served? Why?”

By default I want to be served, cement my legacy, protect my pride and self-esteem control, and subdue others, and constantly prove that I am better than anybody else. This is how our inherently self-serving, self-justifying, egotistic, and individualistic nature drives us.

And anybody who claims otherwise either never been in a leadership position, or that position was not powerful, important, coveted enough.

In order to become a true leader, a public servant, one who leads by positive example in order to serve those being lead, one needs to go through a fundamental self-change, self-upgrade, acquiring “supernatural” — above instinctive egoism — qualities, abilities. Such leaders lead not because they think they are suitable to lead, but because others choose them despite their protest, reluctance.

Such a state first of all requires recognizing our inherently selfish, egocentric traits in us to the extent that we can’t stand, tolerate them any longer. Then one can purposefully, methodically learn how to control the instinctive urges while balancing, neutralizing them with new, selfless, altruistic qualities through a very special, purposeful, and practical educational method.