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First ask yourself if you are the kind of person that enjoys serving others. Do you like to help the less experienced guys? Leading ain't about telling people what to do. So if you aim for that back off.

From my experience having kids helps a lot. Look into your past. Did you enjoy organizing stuff? Do you like to communicate with people? Do you have experience lobbing your ideas?

If you ain't scared of that then go and find yourself a mentor. Best would be if that is somebody you already respect.


> First ask yourself if you are the kind of person that enjoys serving others. > Do you like to help the less experienced guys? Leading ain't about telling people what to do.

Sometimes telling people what to do is right. Sometimes it isn't.

We can bring up a thousand cases proving both.

I recommend the OP reads "The Dichotomy of Leadership" by Jocko Willink, which is about understanding where the balance lies.

https://www.amazon.com/Dichotomy-Leadership-Balancing-Challe...


I love this idea with the walkmen


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/178734.Summerhill - changed the way how I think about society. Very good book for parents. Explains why people are prone to manipulation and following a bad leader.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2053923.What_Every_Paren... - a very nice book about neuroscience for parents

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26329.Emotional_Intellig... - changed the way how I think about emotions and interactions with people


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