What does “Leader and Manager” mean?
Every person must have some degree of leading, as well as some degree of managing in themselves. Whether you know it or not, there is a distinct different between the two. Leaders are direction oriented and forward moving. Managers are the pillars that hold the components together. Now to make it more clear:
Imagine a ship in the middle of the ocean. This ship is you. The ocean is the vast world. What can the ship do? Well, a ship must have a crew, and a ship must move. How is the ship going to move? The crew must work together to pitch the sails, determine the direction of the wind, and many other variables that work together. The manager would oversee in coordinating the crew to make something happen. But where are they going to sail? Where is the best possible direction to move toward in order to hit land or reach treasure? This is the job of the leader.
Physical vs. Mental
The leader and the manager must work together in harmony for a perfect execution. Managers and CEO are the backbone of a corporation, for example, and they operate the same way demonstrated in the ship analogue. These are leaders and managers that we can visibly see, but there are also leaders in managers not seen to the human eye. They are in ourselves. Our mind must constitute as a leader and a manager and work autonomously. We must know where we are going and we must manage the components within us.
Application
First, the leader must create movement, otherwise known as setting a goal, making decisions, and taking the first step.
Once the direction or goal is set, then the manager must govern the emotions, tendencies, and habits in order to reach the goal.
For example, if you want to lose weight, the leader will know what needs to be done to achieve it. Cut carbs, study nutrition, make a workout schedule, set a time frame for execution, and the number of pounds desired to be lost. Next, the manager must make sure these plans are executed since the leader gathered everything need to accomplish the goal. Some days you will feel too lazy to go to the gym or eat the right foods, but the manager will identify these emotions and realize the bigger picture that the leader set. Therefore, by shear will-power in some cases, the manager must execute.
The manager begins to build the habits and keep the emotions under control so that over time they will become second nature, hypnotic rhythms under the control of the unconscious mind. The leader may now set new goals and consciously build upon the unconscious.
Thus, the leader and the manager builds the mortar of an individual, promoting grow and proper purpose in the construction. Synchronization of leader and manager truly is the skill to master.