"A good leader and understand the direction of change, will lead by example. He was ahead, make sacrifices for the good. He invites others to make sacrifices, without having to feel miserable. "-Rhenald-Kasali
One morning suddenly entered an SMS from a friend. He asked the question, "Why do the motivator, trainer, and consultant, not a great world leader who makes major changes to the welfare of mankind, making history? They are fun just to motivate people and talk a lot about leadership, without becoming the main perpetrators. " Dug! Because of my profession trainers and consultants, and on many occasions asked to be a motivator, my question is quite intrusive, but on the other side is also forced me to think to find the answers.
Motivator, trainer, and consultant, as well as doctors, lawyers, presidents, governors, party chairman, and members of the legislature, is a profession. While the leader, leader, not a profession, but the role and personal qualities as well as a person. The implication is, a president, governor, and chairman of political parties is not necessarily a leader. Conversely, a consultant, doctor, or lawyer is not necessarily not a leader. While there are certain professions which actually require leadership capacity - ability to perform the role as leader and personal qualities as a leader - which is relatively higher than other professions.
Let's see as the role of leader. A role is indicated by a set of behavioral patterns. Do not forget the basic formula that the behavior is a function - a reflection, as a result - the old mindset. Recall the relationship: how you think is how you act, is WHO you are. In this context a person called a leader because he was acting leader, which is the impact of leader mindset as well.
How can a thought leader? Leader of thinking how to deal with, and even win a change. How does the organization or society can pursue a wave of turbulence, and not just survive, but also able to jump to a higher level. Leaders recognize that in order not collapsed under the changes he should have a clear vision, which was then in-buy-ins by their followers, so that later became the shared-vision, a shared vision. Vision clear makes leader knew exactly what to do, and why it has to be done, if possible he need help to manage the complexities that arise as the impact of wave turbulence how resource mobilization plan should be done, and budgets that make consequences.
This is where the point of difference that makes a leader to be so unique. Leader oriented to the future (one day) in a completely different place (be somewhere), not merely re-inventing the wheel, to wallow with the classic problem of it to the spot. He was very courageous dreaming through the boundaries of reality, because he was living up to that creating the future - learning from the future - it is his duty. For a true leader, history and the present is a teacher and warning not to repeat the folly that had already made, mired in the same hole, but by no means limiting the corridor, especially blocked shackle freedom of thought and dreamed.
Dreaming is a basic requisite competence leader. Not just a dream, but to visualize in your mind so as to reach the point of dissociation. Dissociation is a condition in which we like to see a video recording of our dreams - complete with pictures, sound, and sensation (visual, auditory, Kinesthetic) - where we see ourselves in the film as a main actor. Disosiasion brain and mind that makes us "fooled", capturing the imagination that, our dream, as reality, thereby becoming a very strong reference, and in turn are able to create a sense of certainty, feeling sure, which build our faith, belief, against the vision . And do not forget, a sense of certainty, belief, is an order absolute, unquestioned command, on the nervous system and biochemical processes in our body, which in turn will raise the unlimited potential that previously soundly asleep.
There is a small story about this. It seems, in commemoration of Independence Day, ten pups initiated the race to climb the tower frog. Curious crowds gathered to see the race which was unusual. They clapped and cheered, but his life is not motivated, even opposite, ridicule and deny the possibility of a frog's tenth child will succeed. True also what the audience, one by one the children slid down the frog. Shouts the audience increasingly brutal and increasingly many competitors who slipped and failed. But wait a minute. There was one child who did not move frogs. It never affected! He kept crawling toward spire. Slowly but surely. And finally ... he succeeded! So spectator surprised. They are trying to figure out why this one frog child successfully reached the summit. Jove, it turns out he ... deaf!
In conclusion, if you want a leader who managed to be "deaf". Deaf to negative calls the provocateurs! Once you have good intentions, had a big dream to change themselves and the world around you, focus on foresight, establish himself, his chest, bermunajat beg Allah's help and guard, then ... Step! "... Then when you've made up my mind, then put thy trust in Allah. Truly Allah loves those who put their trust in Him "(Surat Ali 'Imran: 159).
The most classic temptation of the provocateurs were lambasting that our dreams are not realistic. Dreams are not realistic must today, here, for people who do not believe it. In fact, in our lives never really experienced what is called "reality", because what we experience is our perception of reality. If not careful, we call the reality will become more bars blocked ideals. And further, at this point that a true leader to be so different: a faith in a great dream, his sense of certainty, making it capable of achieving what was considered unrealistic by others. In a battle, a companion of the Prophet SAW in the spirit of a raging steed galloping very fast, up-until another friend asked what prompted him to do so. Companions replied, "O my friend, I smell heaven in front of me." Subhanallah! Heaven has become a reality in the gustatory senses (smell) are best friends, became the unquestioned commands, extraordinary explosion of energy that spurred him to attack the enemy to achieve his goal: heaven!
And in the context of our nation, when "reality" shows that the achievement of our athletes continue to slide below zero, even in the event petite SEA Games, while we are increasingly towering achievements of corruption, human development index of our increasingly battered, and a variety of increasingly called storm disaster , leaders who have the competence to learn from the future, or to borrow a phrase Rhenald Kasali, able to re-code itself, is a Necessary condition, abstinence-negotiable precondition for the rise. He is a leader with great vision, "the formation of a new Indonesia that is just, prosperous, and dignified, as well as gifts from God the Creator of the universe."