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The Important Tasks of a Leader

            The most important tasks of being a leader are to provide the right direction to the people, to inspire the people for prosperity and to represent his followers. Being a leader is a very misunderstood thing for many people. Being a good leader is even more difficult for people to understand and to be. The leaders tasks are complex and most important involve making decisions for the people the leader will represent. The most skilled leaders are judged by their abilities to get their mission accomplished. It does not matter if a leader is a nice person or a bad person because the tasks of the leader are applying to everyone in this position.
             The most important thing that a leader is tasked to is to move people into the direction and into the life that has been decided. This means that the leader must be strong and not easily distracted from the purpose of his leading. In The Art of War Sun Tzu says "He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent, and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain." This quote by Sun Tzu is very important for understanding how leaders get their job done. When a leader has a goal that has been decided it is his job to focus on his goal and move the people to it. When surprises come to the leader and his people the leader must be ready to change his tactics so that the goal is still possible to achieve. This most important task for the leader is so important because the way that the people need to go and the life that they need to be living is changing many times in their battles of life.
             The other very important tasks of the leader is to inspire his people to accomplish what will be good for all of them. A leader who is not doing any good for his followers will not for long be a leader. People who have a leader expect him to be doing the things that will be needed to make their lives better. When a leader is in this position of power it is his responsibility to take care and make sure that the people he is leading are happy with his important job.


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