A leader is one who can do the things others can do.

A leader is one who has experienced a similar, if not exactly the same, things others have experienced.

A leader is one who educates through example.

One cannot lead if one does not understand what the experience is.

One cannot lead if one is put in a dark space without having been there before.

One cannot lead if one does not see the potential in others for good.

To explore is to be given options.

To have those options taken away reduces the ability to explore.

This applies to both the leader as well as the one/s who follow/s.

A leader is one who asks, ‘Would you like to try this?’ The leader asks in an open and honest way.

Once again, to be given the option to lead correctly, the leader must be able to understand who, or what, or if, they are leading through choice, or through the lack of it.

If they have not been given a choice, the leader may not wish to lead at all.

If I was thrown into a dark space, and did not know who I was surrounded by or if I was surrounded by anyone, then the only choice I would have remaining is to look after myself first: I do not know my surroundings. I do not know if I have enemies or friends in this space. I must try to get out of this space, to a space where I can see.

Where is this space?

What are the rules of this space?

Am I informed in such a way that I completely understand the rules of this space?

Am I given options?

Do I have a right to maintain my own privacy, or is that right continuously taken away?

Is this a prison?

These are the questions anyone will ask themselves if put in such a space.

If one is not given a clear and concise option, one will not lead others. One will not follow others. One will withdraw into a space within that space and only look after oneself. One will, after a time, begin to lash out at anything or anyone infringing on that space because one was not given options.

This is not about language barriers. This is about not being given choices. This is about others infringing on one’s personal space and saying to themselves, ‘I like this space, I will come here.’ The choice of leading by example is taken away. The choice of educating or teaching is taken away. One now does not have a choice. Therefore, one does not lead.

To be mutable is to be able to adapt to one’s surroundings. If one does not know what one’s surroundings are, or why one is there, the ability to be mutable is taken away. One becomes angry, frustrated and one refuses to continue.