Leadership is often associated with a person who has a powerful personality, a person who displays some sort of strength. I am reminded of the picture from Tienamien Square during the Days of Freedom. The communist government had enough of the protestors and were cracking down. The power of the government (wasn't it Mao who said 'All power flows from the barrel of a gun'?) was symbolized in the massive tank rumbling down the road.

But it was stopped in its tracks. No movement. Dead.

Why?

Because one man chose to be a leader at that moment. He had no authority, no power and definitely no official standing. But he became a leader for freedom just as surely as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington or Antigone.....

Leadership is associated with an internal sense of what is right....doing the right thing. In this, anyone can become a leader......you just have to be honest with yourself and do the right thing.

Charlie