TRUE LEADERSHIP LIES IN THE MIND and NOT IN THE RANK
Ramblings of a Retired Mind
By
VIKRAM KARVE
It is presumed that if you give high rank to an individual, the person automatically becomes a leader.
If you pronounce someone an “eagle” then he is expected to behave like an “eagle” - the king of the skies.
Unfortunately, the so-called “eagle” continues to behave like a subservient and servile “chicken”.
I have seen this happening in the military too.
Sometimes Generals don’t display the intrepid conduct expected of Generals but continue to behave in an obsequious manner.
Why do so many “eagles” behave like “chickens”?
Maybe the answer lies in this apocryphal story, a fable.
THE “CHICKENED-OUT” EAGLE - an apocryphal story
There once was a chicken farmer who found an eagle’s egg.
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Ramblings of a Retired Mind
By
VIKRAM KARVE
It is presumed that if you give high rank to an individual, the person automatically becomes a leader.
If you pronounce someone an “eagle” then he is expected to behave like an “eagle” - the king of the skies.
Unfortunately, the so-called “eagle” continues to behave like a subservient and servile “chicken”.
I have seen this happening in the military too.
Sometimes Generals don’t display the intrepid conduct expected of Generals but continue to behave in an obsequious manner.
Why do so many “eagles” behave like “chickens”?
Maybe the answer lies in this apocryphal story, a fable.
THE “CHICKENED-OUT” EAGLE - an apocryphal story
There once was a chicken farmer who found an eagle’s egg.
It was beautiful large egg.
He put it in the nest of his hen along with the other chicken eggs.
That night the mother hen sat on the all the eggs, including the eagle egg and in due course an eaglet hatched along with a brood of chicks.
When the baby eagle opened his eyes for the first time it first saw the mother hen, thus identifying it the hen as his mother.
The young eagle grew up with all the other chickens.
Whatever the chickens did, the eagle also did.
He learned to cluck, cackle, scratch in the dirt for grits and worms.
The young eagle thought he was a chicken.
Since the chickens could only fly for a short distance, the eagle also learned to fly just over a short distance.
The eagle thought that was what he was supposed to do.
So that was all that the eagle thought he could do.
And that was all the eagle was able to do.
All his life the eagle lived like a chicken.
He scratched the earth for worms and insects.
He clucked and cackled.
And he would thrash his wings and fly a few feet into the air.
Years passed and the eagle grew very old.
One day the eagle saw a magnificent bird flying high above him.
The old eagle looked up in awe as the majestic bird glided gracefully among the powerful wind currents, with scarcely a beat on his strong golden wings.
He was very impressed and curious so he asked the hens around him, “Who is that magnificent creature who has so much power and grace and poetry in motion?”
“That is the eagle, the king of the birds,” the hens told him, “He belongs to the sky and we belong to the earth because we are mere chickens.”
So the eagle lived and died a chicken because that is what he thought he was - yes, the eagle had “chickened out”!
Moral of the story:
You are not what you actually are - You are what you think you are
In the military too, leadership lies in the mind, and not in the rank badges you wear on your shoulders
VIKRAM KARVE
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A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
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Foodie Book: Appetite for a Stroll
If your are a Foodie you will like my book of Food Adventures APPETITE FOR A STROLL. Do order a copy from FLIPKART:
http://www.flipkart.com/appetite-stroll-vikram-karve/8190690094-gw23f9
About Vikram Karve
A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
Vikram Karve Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vikramkarve
Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
Email: vikramkarve@hotmail.com
Twitter: @vikramwkarve
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