Transformational Leadership. Part 1
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What can you learn from a caterpillar?
Our story starts with a little caterpillar. He lived on a leaf. He ate some food and slept, and that was his life. He liked his leaf and he felt content. He made nothing of himself and he did nothing in the world. One day he saw some butterflies flittering around the flowers.
Something inside him changed. A feeling became a hope, from a hope a thought, and from a thought a statement and from a statement an action. He began to make a chrysalis. He lived in the chrysalis for two weeks. He began to change to transform. The hardest part was yet ahead, for now, he had to break free of his self-made prison. He struggled with all his might to break free—one step at a time.
Finally free.
He stretched and warmed his new wings. Suddenly he had a strength he didn’t know he had. YET his work wasn’t done. It was only beginning. Now he began his true calling. He flew from flower to flower and began to spread the life-giving nectar around the world. He is directly responsible for beauty, growth, food, and oxygen.
“DON’T BE AFRAID TO GIVE UP THE GOOD TO GO FOR THE GREAT.” – JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
As Mr. Rockefeller explained, your life may be good but there is greatness around the corner. That greatness lies dormant in you. Your leadership lies dormant in you. It’s up to you to push it out. Don’t settle for good when you can go for the great.
Caterpillar Growth or Transformational leadership takes three steps. Just 3 Steps to be transformed.
Brave Step. Be willing to confront what you don’t like. The brave step means looking inward and deciding where you need to grow.
Push Step. Perspire to do something about it even if it takes the rest of your life. You have gifts in you that the world craves but they can only come about if you are willing to fight for them.
Give Step. Once change comes it takes the steps to fly. But unlike the fly who only deals with crap all day long… the butterfly adds to the world. It makes the world a better place.