Leadership

All that I have for you today is pictures of two of the world's great leaders - D.J.Trump and Kim Jong-un. On a daily basis, these intellectual giants demonstrate the qualities of great leadership in a changing world.

For example, they have each handled the COVID19 epidemic with intelligence and foresight - happily taking on board the learned advice of epidemiologists and other well-informed academics. They realise that one of the vital traits of leadership is the ability to just listen.

As thousands of families have been wracked by grief, they have offered comfort and support, demonstrating another of the prime qualities of effective leadership - compassion.

Of course, leaders must be decisive and that decisiveness has been very apparent in the actions of both Donald Jong-un and Kim Trump in recent times. In no better sphere than defence is this exemplified. One marvels at the careful planning that has underpinned the building of the "beautiful wall" along America's southern border and at the testing of nuclear weapons above the waters to the west and east of North Korea. Pure genius in the name of World Peace.

As the great Iowan thinker, Leroy Eims said, "A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others see." Do you see?