Mandela was the one who invented a country
after inventing himself. Along the time he was imprisoned, he molded his character,
skills and look, focusing on a great goal: the construction of a democratic
South Africa where everybody, white and black, has the same rights and opportunities.
This is the first lesson to me: Before conquering whatever you want, you have
to conquer yourself. The second lesson is: the way will become clear if the
horizon is well-defined.
The rest is a whole protocol about how to be a
leader or, in fact, a full person: be measured, be brave, know your enemy, slow
down, see the good in other, know when to say no…
It is remarkable the definition of leadership
as collective leadership: “…so,
listening, summarizing, mold opinion and steer people toward an action”
However, Mandela could be Mandela only with
others and for others. Ubuntu is the world to understand why this man could
reach that enormous goal and, perhaps more important, could resign to basics
aspects of his personal life.
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