Leadership is not a service to the people, it is simply the act of leading the people. It doesn’t matter if the leader is leading fairly or villainously powerful individuals share similar characteristics. They use these similarities to inspire people to follow them. Adolf Hitler is the first name that comes to mind when someone mentions evil, and prophet Thomas S. Monson is one of the first that comes to mind, at least for the LDS church, when someone mentions a saint. Yet these contradicting leaders share numerous skills with each other, as well as with other leaders of power who vary in theory. Attributes that make them proficient include determination, resilience, vision, and charisma.
Early in Hitler’s life he believed that one day he …show more content…
He was knocked down in his career several times, but would simply stand up and continue in his struggles. In 1922 Gandhi was arrested for an accused conspiracy to overthrow the government. At his trial he stated, “I do not ask for mercy. I do not plead any extenuating act. I am here therefore to invite and cheerfully submit to the highest penalty that can be inflicted upon me for what in law is a deliberate crime and what appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen"(as quoted in Hsu). Instead of asking for mercy and forgiveness to something he strongly believed in, he asks for whatever is viewed as just in the eyes of his accusers. He did not care if they threw him in prison, because he knew that he would continue in his fight for freedom regardless of that they did to him. In 1933 he would go on his infamous salt march, and unite many to peacefully and illegally make salt. People were inspired by his resilience and this inspiration led to many joining in the independence movement of India. Nelson Mandela showed resilience by recouping quickly from prison and becoming president of South Africa. He spent 18 of his 27 year jail sentence in a barren cell on Robben Island, sleeping on a 7-by-7-foot space straw mat at night and breaking rock into gravel in the day. Upon being released he immediately reprieved the nation of whites that implanted him there. Nelson Mandela used resilience in the form of forgiveness (Davidson). Adolf Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany in 1933, after losing in the election of 1928. He only obtained 2.6 percent of the votes in 1928, and in 1923 he was arrested for his failed putsch, an attempt to overthrow the government. “Loss only strengthened his conviction and he would share his ideas with increased vigour with everyone who crossed his path.”(Romgens). He refused to accept loss, and setbacks only morphed him into a stronger and extra resilient human
Early in Hitler’s life he believed that one day he …show more content…
He was knocked down in his career several times, but would simply stand up and continue in his struggles. In 1922 Gandhi was arrested for an accused conspiracy to overthrow the government. At his trial he stated, “I do not ask for mercy. I do not plead any extenuating act. I am here therefore to invite and cheerfully submit to the highest penalty that can be inflicted upon me for what in law is a deliberate crime and what appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen"(as quoted in Hsu). Instead of asking for mercy and forgiveness to something he strongly believed in, he asks for whatever is viewed as just in the eyes of his accusers. He did not care if they threw him in prison, because he knew that he would continue in his fight for freedom regardless of that they did to him. In 1933 he would go on his infamous salt march, and unite many to peacefully and illegally make salt. People were inspired by his resilience and this inspiration led to many joining in the independence movement of India. Nelson Mandela showed resilience by recouping quickly from prison and becoming president of South Africa. He spent 18 of his 27 year jail sentence in a barren cell on Robben Island, sleeping on a 7-by-7-foot space straw mat at night and breaking rock into gravel in the day. Upon being released he immediately reprieved the nation of whites that implanted him there. Nelson Mandela used resilience in the form of forgiveness (Davidson). Adolf Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany in 1933, after losing in the election of 1928. He only obtained 2.6 percent of the votes in 1928, and in 1923 he was arrested for his failed putsch, an attempt to overthrow the government. “Loss only strengthened his conviction and he would share his ideas with increased vigour with everyone who crossed his path.”(Romgens). He refused to accept loss, and setbacks only morphed him into a stronger and extra resilient human