"His self-control, lack of self-pity, and ability to care for others are admirable qualities.
But his disregard for his own health undoubtedly contributed to his early death."
I was impressed with this sentence in the book "Leading at the Edge". I could learn the importance of self-carefulness.
People often think that the leaders have to think of the other members and the situation. The main work is controlling them by their skill of leadership. It seems as the general thinking. But, there is the another important point which the leaders have to consider. That is self-carefulness. The reason of why I thought such a thing is that the leader's feeling and sense could be spread to the others. If the leaders didn't feel happy, the atmosphere would be negative. If the leaders had joyful mind, the other's minds also would be positive. This kind of thinking is written in previous chapter and my blog.
In addition, I believe, people can't support each other without their independence. People can do that only after when they stand each oneself. If one person lost his/her pleasure or pride, the other people should take care about him/her. Therefore, the leaders have to lead the other members with own attitude. To keep the good attitude, the leaders should consider self-carefulness.
Hi, Kotoko:)
ReplyDeleteI agree with your opinion.
It seems little difficult because I think it needs the ability to view ourselves objectively.
However I'll try it;)
Also I will try to consider self-carefulness!
Hi Kotoko,
ReplyDeleteIn my reading about Shackleton, this lack of taking care of himself seems to have been his one weakness. And as a result of not taking care of himself, and his refusal to seek medical attention, contributed to his early death just a few years after this expedition. He was in his forties as I recall.
Ken
Hi Kotoko,
ReplyDeleteYes, we have to take care of ourselves if we also want to be good at taking care of others.
Unfortunately, Shackleton wasn't a good example of taking care of himself.
Ken