Brain Storm: The Fine Line Between Moron and Leader

Let's face it. A lot of times excellent leaders are a little or very crazy. And all excellent leaders are confident. Whether they say it out or portray it out, they don't get distracted from the vision they set. However more often than not, morons have the same traits. When a person is loud and less-than-contributing, he usually has an odd sense of confidence in himself. He usually doesn't think before he says anything but yet thinks that whatever he said is "great stuff" after he has said it. The mind works after the mouth. Most people don't have rock solid confidence or egoism and will notice when they are shunned or despised. However when one is overly annoying, people usually won't tell it to his face that he's "less than perfect". Or he could just be so obnoxious that he doesn't notice that he is hated.

After working with many strong leaders, I can sense how confident each of them are. It is therefore sad that both the good and the bad share some traits to a certain extent. Sadly even if an obnoxious person noticed something is off, he will have ways to convince himself that all is well. After being in university for almost a year, I've seen quite a variety of people and learnt a few things. Confidence is cheap. Talk is cheap. Some people are born with it.

If you are a confident person, sometimes it's difficult to know whether you're good or are just plain obnoxious. It's not the least bit very accurate, but sometimes elections do show a little more than you can hope for. In 4 month's time, I will know.

The line is fine but the distinction is great.

 

Ramblings: Obnoxious People Stay Obnoxious

ORD should be a time of maturity. When obnoxious people leave the army, they should realise that the world has never been about them. Whether they had temporary power which disillusioned them or they were plain narcissistic, they should have noticed that nobody cared about them when they went back into the society.

I thought this should be the case. One year has passed and I was wrong. When I faced them once again days ago, I realised that they had learnt nothing. If army had taught me anything at all, it was that there are so many different types of people out there, you can never be the lowest. Elitist? No. Sadly, the annoying ones are mostly those who had environmental advantages. I feel sad for them sometimes, all of them.

Grow up people. You aren't the world. Your time is over.