Day 223

 Exemplary, Incredible and Inspiring Lessons on LEADERSHIP

I received the following whatsapp message yesterday and reproduce it as it is in the box below ….. worth reading and sharing too…

·     the  post has lessons for everyone… leaders of past or present… holding positions or  aspiring for positions…big or small….

· what an example.. what a leadership record/innings  and what a conduct…..

·    words fail …. as such persons are  indeed rare even among billions…. Hence this blog…

I could listen to her farewell speech on YouTube.. what  a dignity... poise.. clarity and above all humility.....

*GERMANY BIDS FAREWELL TO  ANGELA  MERKEL

 With six minutes of warm applause, on the streets, balconies, windows, the whole Country applauded for 6 minutes - spectacular example of leadership and defense of humanity, chapeaux!  

The Germans elected her to lead them, and she led 80 million Germans for 18 years with *competence, skill, dedication and sincerity. She did not utter nonsense. She did not appear in the alleys of Berlin to be photographed. She was dubbed "The Lady of the World" and who was described as the equivalent of six million men.* 

During these eighteen years of her leadership of the authority in her Country, no transgressions were recorded against her. She did not assign any of her relatives to a government post. She did not claim that she was the maker of glories. She did not get millions in payment, nor did anyone cheer her performance, she did not receive charters and pledges, she did not fight those who preceded her. 

Yesterday, Merkel left the party leadership position and handed it over to those after her, and Germany and it's German people are in the best condition ev

The reaction of the Germans was unprecedented in the history of the Country. *The entire population went out to their balconies of their houses and clapped for her spontaneously for 6 continuous minutes. A standing ovation nationwide*. 

Germany stood as one body bidding farewell to their leader, a chemical physicist who *was not tempted by the fashion or the lights and did not buy real estate, cars, yachts and private planes*, knowing that she is from former East Germany. 

*She left her post after leaving Germany at the top. She left and her relatives did not claim advantage. Eighteen years and she never changed her wardrobe. God be upon this silent leader.* 

At a press conference, a female Journalist asked Merkel : *We notice that you're wearing the same suit, don’t you have any other? She replied: "I am a government employee and not a model*" 

At another press conference, they asked her : *Do you have housemaids who clean your house, prepare your meals and so on? Her answer was: "No, I do not have servants and I do not need them. My husband and I do this work at home every day.*

Then another journalist asked : *Who is washing the clothes, you or your husband? Her answer: "I arrange the clothes, and my husband is the one who operates the washing machine, and it is usually at night, because electricity is available and there is no pressure on it, and the most important thing is to take into the account the possible inconvenience for the neighbours, thankfully the wall separating our apartment from the neighbours is thick. She said to them, "I expected you to ask me about the successes and failures in our work in the government??"*

 Mrs. Merkel lives in a normal apartment like any other citizen. *She lived in this apartment before being elected Chancellor of Germany. She did not leave it and does not own a villa, servants, swimming pools or gardens.*

 Merkel, the now former Chancellor of Germany, the largest economy in Europe !!

•    World has produced leaders and leaders…. But such leaders, like her,  are rare indeed..
• Because of the heartening contents above, I could not resist posting it….. we have seen her on the TV many a time in the last 18 years…. even during the world cup football final in Brazil…when Germany won the cup …

वन्दे मातरम्

ॐ शान्ति

8 AM

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