A purpose of the life of a True Leader

Thank you ALL who have contributed to the answering on my question!

Its so great that 27 people wanted to discuss about the topic. There are many various opinions came up.
Few answers were very good, so I couldn't choose the ONLY Best one.

I have made a Summary of your thoughts.

Please find it bellow.

A purpose of the life of a True Leader*
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A true leader is a "model" of perfection. His purpose is:

• To provide a space for the people: Leadership should not be an ego trip
• To play a role of a 'facilitator' rather than a 'director'
• To allow people to own their true power as leaders of their own destiny
• To add direction and purpose to his associates
• To create a vision and achieve a goal with the help of the team
• To determine if the other people share this vision or
• To attract people whose direction is the same as his
• To support and guidance of his or her followers
• To have moral responsibility to be a valuable guide
• To put his or her followers in a position to win/succeed
• To see the unique potential of each individual
• To open the doors of opportunity for them
• To inspire them to step into the opportunity
• To make their followers 'independent' and responsible for their decisions and act
• His personality is portable, easily transposed on others
• To take a commanding in the very critical situation
• To positive influence the followers
• To catalyze the people’s motivation

*Note: the original question:

A purpose of the life of a True Leader is to give a direction/purpose of the life to following him people.

True or false?

All opinions are appreciated.

Thank you All participanted to the discussions: Luck vs Hard-work, powered by LI Q&A!

I am happy to present a summary of our "common work".
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*Luck vs Hard-work

Everything is balanced in the world. By getting something you are giving something back: there are no "free lunches".

For the getting a success you have to pay a price:

1. Work hard to be prepared for your "chance of luck ". Looking for opportunities
2. Positive energy attract positive energy ( luck). The more positive we are, the more good things happen to us
3. " Making friends" who are already "there": networking, networking, networking
4. Defining a goal and direction, contributing daily to your dream you will be blessed by higher powers by intuitive solution, right matchmaking, extra-energy
   

There are short-cuts "available":

1. High risky illegal and unethical. The price: fear of revealing, prison, tear away from society
   
2. Low risky: pre-scheduled low profile "stable success". No luck/opportunities are needed. Low bottom line as a result

Quick luck is existing:
Winning in lotto is bringing a short-term luck, but unfortunately there is a high probability of the "bill coming" later on

Any success in the context of a career or campaign is a stepping stone, which is already scripted by higher powers.
The key issue is a quality of investment in yourself you have done prior to this point.
Coming to the fancy corporate title with "empty hands" you will provide disappointment to the people and damages to the business.

Coming with toolbox of skills you will deliver satisfaction and pride to your employees/shareholders and a good chance to get a luck again and again.

*Luck vs Hard-work

Have you noticed that some people are becoming leaders, reaching goals, getting success very easily without visible effort and some people are working very hard the whole life and still are far behind the "lucky" ones?

What is the hidden reason for the quick success?

are there any "receipts" to become a "lucky" one?

or... is it needed the quick success?

Logic vs Intuition

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I have got 26 answers from the people around the world which I have summarized and presented it bellow.

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*Logic vs Intuition:

Different people have different levels of capabilities in logic / intuition. People with analytical background- more by logic and generalists-more by intuition.

An "average" decision-maker is using the both: logic and intuition. Logic is less risky, better understandable ( explainable to other people) and more comfortable for people with financial, analytical mind-set. Logic as a part of the brain function is providing just a narrow portion of "reality"and is working OK if the decision-maker should analyze only few deliverables.

When we are coming to the complex situation with tens and hundreds analytical results and figures the logic method becoming too slow and not competitive.

However, on another hand, using ONLY intuition without "proper skills" is a great risk of failure. Intuition is for Masters: the basis for it is a solid education, training and past experiences. Accumulative result of the successful "logical" decisions is bringing an "Art" ( intuition) in decision making process ( as Kasparov's championships in chess ).

Intuitive thinker has unique capabilities and advantages in life and business and ending up far ahead of "logical thinker".

In the most sophisticated cases the great "intuitive thinker" has an opened informative channel to the cosmos. He is "feeling" the right answer by his soul.
The cosmos is much larger than human-being brain: the broader vision is giving a chance to see things differently and in larger scale.

The intuition is helping to build a long-term strategy, relationship development, politics, etc.

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* The full question was the following:

Logic vs Intuition

On my MBA studies I have been told: " Most CEOs in the largest US corporations drive their business by Intuition".
What is your personal experience in small, mid, large companies: is decision making done by logic or intuitively?

What do you believe the most important quality of a successful leader is?

Matthew Clulow, Canada, asked the following question in LinkedIn:

What do you believe the most important quality of a successful leader is?

He got answers from 75 people, which is 6 times more than average question.

Most of the people replied that the successful leader is a guy with those qualities as integrity, genuineness, courtesy, optimism, trust, etc. In some of the answers was mentioned self-confidence, innovation skills, passion.

Janne pointed out that a good leader has to pick up the right messages. Mission, vision and chosen strategy will lead to the right path. Listening will help.

In my personal perception a leader, capable to reach a goal (goals) supposed to have a Talent to Manage people.

A Leadership does not exist without people.
A guy with excellent qualities but without people is just an individual with strong personality.

Successful leader, which is capable to reach his goal, has a talent to manage people, i.e. to allocate his human resources in the right place and right time in accordance to the people's skills.

For the "Ideal" successful leader People are the most valuable asset.

Do you have your own opinion to share?

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