Are you an accidental leader?

What would it be like if you started to lead on purpose?

Photo by rob walsh on Unsplash

I know so many truly good, open hearted, productive and bone tired accidental leaders.

These are the people who are in the pubs selling raffle tickets, get stopped in the supermarkets to answer any kind of question, always show up to the community meetings to fill up the never ending pieces of butchers paper and are always on the list when a new consultant comes to town, or when a pollie needs a pic.

These are the people whose homes and hearts are always open and yet wallets are often pretty well empty.

Is this you?

If it is, I bet you refuse to call yourself a leader. In fact, I bet you refuse so hard that the mere idea of it makes you feel sick. I can see you rolling your eyes now — but do me a favour, read on, just for a minute.

I bet you tell yourself and everyone around you that you are just one person doing what you can — because that’s what anyone would do, right?

Wrong.

Actually, most people are too lazy to get off the ass shaped imprint on their couch let alone move into a forward moving gear. Most people have no idea where to start, and if they did chances are they’d actually run the other way because they are too shit scared about what would happen…