What makes a leader a true leader

In this blog post, I'm supposed to talk about what I think makes a leader, I guess of any kind, a true leader. So, here we go.

What comes to mind whenever I think about leaders is probably the typical generalization. To me, a leader needs to be able to speak with many people, convince them all to follow his view on a certain topic, and then to guide them to act on his plans. While many people are considered leaders, for example preachers, teachers, coaches, and political leaders, and are able to do many great things with their authority, their are every once in a while people who abuse that power to accomplish things that shouldn't have been accomplished, like Hitler, who thought that the mass murdering of several million people was the only way to gain world dominance and recognition. This was before reality television, so I guess that's all he thought he could do.

I guess that the test of a true leader is to see what the leader will do with the power once he obtains it. There are those among us that probably don't need power over anything or they will go crazy trying to get more.

Well those are my thoughts. Tune in next time for another (hopefully) exciting glimpse into our strange little world and what I think about it.