ZeNLP Learning Through stories of Leadership
There was a King in India, who became
old and retired and put his young son on the theone. After a few months of
ruling, things started testing him. There was a drought which caused
losses for the farmers, killed many animals, birds, and precious plants in
the forest. And it was followed by an unknown disease which killed many
.people
After a few months,
things started slowly improving before they could recover completely. An enemy
king took over the kingdom killing many people and imprisoned some of them.
The young king somehow managed to escape and planned to meet his childhood
friend who was the king of a neighboring kingdom
On his way. he was
thinking about how all these things could have happened to him. He was born and
bred to be a king of the most powerful and richest kingdom, but now he lost
everything. He believed that he had bad luck because nothing like this has
.happened to his father or any other king he knew
When the young king reached his friend’s palace, the guards did not allow him,
.because of his dirty looks and clothes and he tried many times and all failed
Then he took a job so that he could buy some clothes. After some days with new
.clothes, he was allowed to meet his friend
To his king friend, he explained all the things that happened to him. After hearing
.his story, his friend king ordered his people to give him a herd of 100 sheep
The young king was surprised as he was expecting much more than this. He
doesn’t want to be a shepherd. But he has nothing else, so he took his friend’s
.offer
After a few days, while he was grazing his herd, a group of wolves attacked his
herd and killed each one of them. While the wolves were attacking, the king ran
.away from that place
Then he again went to his friend king and asked for help. This time he gave 50
.Sheep. But once again be failed to protect his herd from the wolves
.The 3rd time, he was given just 25 sheep
This time young king decided that, if I don’t protect my herd from these wolves,
.he will not get any more help from his friend
So, he studied his place completely and understood the wolves’ attacking areas.
Then he added additional fences and guards all around. He then continued to
monitor the places and talked to all people and kept on learning the tricks of
.maintaining the herd
.After a few years, his herd had grown into 1000 Sheep
With so much joy he meets his friend at the place and told what he achieved.
After hearing him, the friend king ordered his ministers to give him a whole state
.to rule over
Hearing this, he asked his friend “Why you didn’t give me the state to rule when I
?first came to you for help
,The friend king replied
“
First time when you came to me for help, your mindset was like you were born
and bred to be a leader, but the truth was you are far from it. You might have been
born in wealth, pride, and power, but you have never been properly educated and
.trained to lead your people
So, when I gave you the herd, I was waiting for you to learn, how to manage and
”!lead others. Dear friend, now I believe you are ready to lead others
.Leadership lessons from this story
Being born into a powerful family or being a manager in a higher b position
doesn’t make you a leader. You may be in charge of othersas king of a place or
manager of a team or the CEO of a company,but holding that position and doing
nothing for the people on the things under your control doesn’t make you a leader
.to follow. Know your people better and win the hearts and minds of your people
On the flip side, some people think that they have to be born and bred to be leaders. But
the reality is simply No, anyone can be a leader one day as long as they keep on learning
the secrets of keeping their herd safe.
