You can learn amazing leadership lessons and skills in a forest – if you pay attention. I know first-hand, because I have a forest behind my house. Here are three terrific lessons I learn in the forest – lessons to help you improve your leadership skills.
Here is today's first Leadership Lesson.
1. LITTLE PINK RIDING HOOD
I always see deer in the forest. About 99.9% of deer run away when I walk nearby.
But, one deer does the opposite. She walks near me, usually 25-50 feet away. Sometimes she follows only 5-10 feet behind me. [Note: I never feed wild animals, so she does not follow me to get food.] A few times, this deer walked up to my house, and looked in windows!
I affectionately call my deer friend Little Pink Riding Hood.
Once a monstrous, 6=foot tall sandhill crane was walking on a forest trail. Little Pink Riding Hood walked 5 feet behind that mammoth bird. Whenever the bird stopped walking, Little Pink stopped. When the bird resumed walking, Little Pink followed. I consider her my ‘deer friend.’ Sometimes a small deer tags along with Little Pink.
Little Pink Riding Hood is admirably brave. Once, six deer stood in the forest, eating leaves. A coyote walked toward them. Four of the deer moved away. But, Little Pink and her small friend calmly walked in a big circle away from the other deer.
Suddenly, Little Pink and her small friend started running astoundingly fast straight at the coyote! The coyote ran away.
Leadership Lesson =
Most people are chicken or too lazy to take charge of situations. Thank goodness for brave leaders like Little Pink Riding Hood. Superb leaders use their brains to plan what needs to be done. and then immediately start to do it.
More Leadership Lessions next time.
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