Shackleton

Finished reading the chapter of optimism and the two ones after it. I think I'll mainly focus on the chapter about optimism. After reading the chapter, I was quite impressed with Shackleton's leadership. Although the dire situation, all crew members followed Shackleton's belief in that they would make it back to their homeland. The chapter describes how Shackleton's optimism was what led the expedition to keep having their hopes high. However, Narumi posted a very different view on her blog. I won't explain her ideas, if you are interested, just go and see her blog. When I read her blog I understood what she meant, but did not completely get persuaded. However, my point here is that, after being exposed to Narumi's argument, I started to feel that the book(this chapter) lacks information to support its idea on Shackleton and his great leadership. Maybe there are more precise reasons and explanations of why the author thinks his way in the continuing chapters, but when we just look at the one on Shackleton and optimism, it kind of rushes to the conclusion without much information or related examples. (I tend to jump to my conclusions too...) And I could totally understand how Narumi would think that way.

Next chapter. Stamina. I guess there isn't much to say about this chapter. But reading about Shackleton and how he didn't take much care of himself compared to his crew members reminded me of mothers (in general). I think there are a lot of mums out there who care and love their family, but don't treat themselves the same way. And thinking about mums made me realize that they could be leaders as well. Although maybe just a leader of a few people, and although we don't really think of it this way, it makes no difference. They could be one of the closest leaders we spend time with everyday.

Next next chapter. The team message. Although it seems very simple, I think a lot of leaders have trouble making their followers focus on the team message. Whether it be the main values or just a rule the members are supposed to follow. But as the author mentioned, I think leaders and group members work the best when the group as a whole manages to share some kind of identity.

I think I want to sleep now... I'll write the rest(if there is any rest) on my next blog...
Goodnight everyone:)