Where do you usually get this motivation from? For me, those are probably short stories. Not only are the stories engaging, but the stories are easy to remember and absorb, helping me understand the importance of leadership behaviors in a variety of situations and see how they can be applied to improve children management skills. The king and the sheep is one such story.
Once upon a time there was a prince who inherited the kingdom after the death of his father. Everything was going well until a few months later problems started to appear. The drought has damaged crops and killed many animals, birds, and precious plants in the forest. Worse, this also caused an epidemic that took the lives of many people.
After a while things started to improve. But 49 and 53 arrived, before the country could fully recover, the kingdom was invaded. The young king managed to escape. He then goes to see his childhood friend, who is now the king of a neighboring country.
Along the way, the king still thinks about the past. He was born and raised to be the king of the most powerful and richest empire, but now he has lost everything. He considers himself unlucky that all bad luck has happened to him, because this has not happened to his father or any other king he knows.
When the young king arrived at his friend's palace, the guards did not allow him to enter the audience because of his dirty appearance and clothes. He tried many times and failed. Then he applied to work at a restaurant to have money to buy new clothes. With proper attire, he was lucky this time.
When he met you again, he told all the things that happened to him. After hearing the story, the king gave him 100 sheep.
Our king scoffed at this “friendly” attitude. He hoped for more and was annoyed at the idea of becoming a shepherd. But now he had nothing and no other way out, so he took it.
A king herding sheep? Of course, he didn't have any experience, so after a few days, the sheep were "handled" by the wolves. While the wolves were attacking the sheep, the young king ran away from that place.
Again, he went to his friend king and asked for help. This time he was given 50 sheep. But again, he failed to protect them from the wolves. The third time, he only got 25 sheep. This time the young king promised himself that if he did not protect the sheep from these wolves, he would not accept any more help.
He began to take a closer look at his home and learn more about the areas that were often attacked by wolves, then built more fences to protect his surroundings and learned from the experience of other shepherds. After a few years, the sheep had grown to 1000. Excited, he went to the palace and informed his friend that the number of sheep might double in a year.
After learning about the story, the king gave him a large land to rule. He asked his friend, “Why didn't you do this when I first came to you for help?
The friend king replied: “Ah, since I have seen what has happened to your kingdom, I have been waiting for you to learn how to manage and lead others. You see, you think you were born and raised to be a leader, but the truth is far different. He may have been born into wealth, pride, and a position of power, but he never learned how to lead his people. Now I believe you are ready to lead others.”
Like the young king's friend said, being born at the finish line doesn't make us a leader.
"We can be the leader, responsible for managing people, but that doesn't mean others will follow us if we don't prove our worth."
We can lead others, like a king, but holding that position without doing anything for the people or subordinates, we cannot become a true leader.
As a leader, you are not only in a higher position than others but also have to work and win people's hearts.
Another important thing is that one day anyone can become a leader, as long as we keep learning how to manage effectively, just like the young king who was once inexperienced did. efforts to protect and take care of their sheep are growing. Through his conversation with his friend king, he must have also come to a better understanding of how to govern his new country.
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