Aaj kuch toofani karte hain

Last updated 30 Dec 2016 . 2 min read



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One morning when I was working with an NGO, the head came in and said ‘Aaj kuch toofani karte hain’. Suddenly people were inspired – the fundraising team, the campaign team, the communications – all started rocking. I myself felt a bit motivated. It was just a part of an ad campaign by a cola drink and we heard it all the time, but then when our leader said that, it had a different effect altogether.

That’s the effect of a leader.

“ Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence” – Sheryl Sandberg

The NGO Head made the same point. Her presence motivated us and the effect continued even when she was not around. So what makes a good leader? Here is something I found and I feel that somewhere all leaders would be thinking the same:

 "I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say 'because of you, I didn't give up.”

Many spend much of their life striving to be a successful leader, learning about leadership and developing their leadership style.  But what they forget is they don’t need to be a leader. Being a leader starts with leading yourself in the right direction.  Leader is a voice, not an echo. Live your own life the way you want it to be and stop copying others!! Once you do that, you create your own path, a path others would follow.

 Warren Bennis puts it aptly - "Your task is not to become a leader. Your task is to become yourself, and to use yourself completely - all your gifts and skills and energies - to make your vision manifest. You must withhold nothing. You must, in sum, become the person you started out to be, and enjoy the process of becoming."


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Smriti Middha
Marketing and strategy professional helping brands leverage the new media to meet their business objectives. I help build brand communities, nurture them and take care of their social communications. A travel enthusiast, I also run a monthly travel ezine - Travel Chronicles


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