Leadership vs Rulership Whats the difference? to be a leader is to be at the front of action and lead by personal example and then people decide to follow on their own accord, hance a famous saying - lead by example. leadership is given, not taken. it is the trust given by individuals to follow someones lead, a story, an advice. like a flock of migrating birds, a wolf pack, or human relationships are largely based on this type of leadership when individuals in a group decide to follow some strong leader, in their mind, in order to survive and when it comes to individual’s decisions about themselves still largely rely on the knowledge of how others deal with similar situation, hence another saying - monkey sees, monkey does. that’s how most children learn by observing and trying. eventually enough knowledge is acquired to recognise and decide to do it or not. my guess, the not choice would be wise one in most situations but how would one know this if the yes choice was never made? a seducing dilemma that feeding off human curiousity and need to spend time converting matter to energy and energy to matter. its true when not to give a shit means one is dead or soon will die from it. add to that the over-all disconnection of human mind with the universal conscience and comes yet another saying, its a shot in the dark. of course the body needs to do its thing, so does the mind, and the rest of the cosmic body. so, what to do (or not), where to go, when to go, why wait, and if still no answear, then who to follow? these questions are asked every time. the famous five w. describe leadership. if someone abuses this trust then the people will stop following them, copying them, aknowledging them, and their inflated sense of self-importance will deflate as rapidly. if someone has forced people to follow their lead by trick or by might and people have no option of not following then it is the rulership and power of control which traditionally reserved for self-governing body with many organs, two arms, two legs, and one head. in a modern day example of a corporate body we can observe an anamoly of this rule where a head is made up of different smaller heads and increadibly not even a trace of brain. in such situations it is true that king without a kingdom is a free man. to conclude with another saying, when it comes down to nuts and bolts, we simply can’t afford let others do our thinking for us.