What do you think most
people do? Yes you guessed right, most people like to follow. So to put it in
another way, we like to follow or conform to what someone else has done before
us. It is for that reason that very few people want to lead, because it involves
responsibility and being ready to take the blame for your mistake and that of
your followers. It is always safe to follow others because in time of crisis we
can easily hide behind them by claiming that we were following the leader.
Following the argument above, we can safely conclude that most people are
afraid to lead because they don’t want to be blame for the mistake of others.
In other words, they are conformist.
If you are a conformist, you
will always find an excuse not to get out of your comfort zone, you will be
averse to risk and unwilling to take responsibility for your action. Contrary
to what most people might think, the opposite of courageous is not coward but
conformist. It is not easy to leave the beaten path and venture into the
unknown in search of something different. You have to be determined and willing
to challenge yourself to do it. The element of uncertainty in trying something
new is what put off most people. No one wants to fail in their endeavour and
doing something for the first time carries with it a greater perceived element
of risk compare to undertaking an activity we are familiar with.
The problem associated with
only doing what you are used to is that you will not make any progress and you
will not grow. You begin to die when you stop yourself from growing. It might
not obvious to you but, you need to grow to feel alive, to have an impact on
your environment or be useful to the world. Your life only become worthwhile
when you are growing and making the best use of your god given talents. The
world is full of conformists and followers, they are always the first people to
complain about the state of their life, they refuse to take responsibility for
their actions and always quick to blame others.
Courageous people on the
other hand are not afraid to take risk because they know the only way to grow
is to challenge themselves. Courageous people are happy to venture outside of
their comfort zone, they are not afraid to fail because they know you learn by
making mistake. They understand and accept the risk associated with trying
something new, they are prepared to fail in order to succeed. They are even
willing to fail quickly so they can learn and achieve their goal. Courageous
people don’t have the time to complain, if they are face with a situation not
to their liking, they get to work to find the solution and fix it. They always
accept responsibility for their actions, they are ready to learn from their
mistake and swiftly move on.
At this stage of your life,
you might be a conformist or a courageous person but, you need to understand
that you have the choice of which side you want to belong. You can decide to
switch side if you are not happy to be where you are. You can do so today.
CHRISTIAN
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