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Hello. I’m Yasui, the president of a one-person company mainly engaged in inspections of high-pressure gas facilities.
Have you ever found yourself thinking,
“I don’t have leadership, so I want to develop it”?
What exactly is leadership?
As I’ve thought about it, I’ve come to this conclusion:
Leadership is the ability to keep showing the way toward a direction filled with light.
Leadership isn’t some special power that suddenly appears the moment you become a leader, nor is it a skill you can acquire through clever techniques or tricks.
It’s more like this:
“I believe this is the right direction to go. Everyone, follow me.”
Someone who can say that—without being drunk on status or responsibility, without being consumed by self-interest—someone who holds their conscience close to their heart and continues to think about the happiness of others. From that person’s mindset and wisdom, leadership naturally emerges.
If someone lacks integrity as a human being, no matter how leader-like they sound, their mask will quickly fall off. Their two-faced nature shows, and trust is lost.
Of course, studying and learning about human behavior is important. But as I said earlier, leadership isn’t something you can manufacture with techniques alone.
I also think it requires a proactive nature—the willingness to step forward first—and the ability to remove discomfort right in front of you before anyone else does. Speed, responsiveness, decisiveness, persistence, character, and trust.
Those who steadily accumulate these qualities may eventually become leaders.
You can’t be a leader if you don’t understand people. And you can’t truly understand people without love. That’s why those who treat people like objects will likely find it difficult to ever become leaders.
Leadership often brings to mind images of intelligence, pioneering spirit, and bravery. But rather than “brave,” maybe it’s closer to saying: be a little foolish.
After all, someone who’s a bit foolish, bright, and full of energy is more fun to be around than someone who’s just smart. When you’re torn between choices, having clear standards for how you decide makes it much easier to make healthy judgments.
A zero-to-one move in a good direction, and a zero-to-one move in a bad direction—both gain momentum the more you choose them, carrying you further and further along that path.
If that’s the case, wouldn’t you rather walk in a good direction?
Defeating the worst version of yourself—that’s the first step toward developing leadership.
So, which way will you move?
Thank you very much for reading.
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