Light from many lamps ,\u00a0W. Beran Wolfe<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 From my readings of the anthology Light from Many Lamps <\/em>so far, \u00a0I have learnt many valuable life lessons which I will bear in mind during my pursuit of education in leadership. \u00a0I , as a student of leadership, don\u2019t know yet what my final style of leadership is going to be ; maybe it will be a mix of different models that I hope to develop and evolve along the way , or maybe it will be variable depending on situations \u00a0. \u00a0What I do know is that I will always be someone who will seek to work for a bigger good.<\/p>\n To this end I found W. Beran Wolfe\u2019s story very inspiring. First of all , I found it very easy to identify with him in his role as healer, and leader. I fully agree with Dr Wolfe when he states that \u2018 no one can be happy in work which is centered entirely about his own person, and deals exclusively with the satisfaction of his own immediate needs\u2019 , and \u2018 to find happiness we must seek for it in a focus outside ourselves\u2019. This goes very well along with the model of servant leadership as I understand it in my readings so far . As per Greenleaf ( 1977)\u00a0 \u201c a servant leader is someone who \u201dentrusts his\/her authority to staff and helps them achieve a shared vision by developing their full potential \u201c . I believe for a leader to be successful in leading and influencing, they need to be committed to not just their own work and development , but also to the growth of the organization and the people they work with . Quoting Dr Wolfe again \u201c for those who seek the larger happiness and the greater effectiveness open to human beings there can be but one philosophy of life, the philosophy of constructive altruism \u201c .<\/p>\n Since starting my study of leadership , I have learnt and reflected on some very exciting ideas about leadership. I have started extrapolating them to myself and other leaders and followers I come across in my work and personal life. What I do know so far is that altruism is and will be a very important part of my repertoire as a human being , leader and follower. I already practice it at a small scale in my daily work as a physician ; there have been many a times where I have foregone lunch because a patient was late ,\u00a0 gone back to see a patient at the nursing home at the end of my work day, or called family members in the evening during my off duty hours.\u00a0 I hope to carry on this spirit in any future roles I take up, and to be able to\u00a0 inspire my team members to do the same . I hereby close with another quote from Dr Wolfe , \u201cwe must seek happiness not as if it were a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow , but among human beings who are living richly and fully the good life\u201d .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n References<\/p>\n Greenleaf ,R. ( 1977) . Servant Leadership: A journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness. New York. NY : Paulist Press .<\/p>\n Watson, L.E. ( 1951 ) . Light from Many Lamps . New York: Simon and Schuster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Light from many lamps ,\u00a0W. 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