Leaders, Followers, and Objects of manipulation.
When discussing types of people it is necessary to understand the difference between type & characteristic. For instance, Doctor, Lawyer, and Politician are professions not types. Aggressive, obnoxious, passive, are characteristics of a type. Leaders, followers, and everybody in-between are the type of people that I will be talking about: specifically, different characteristics. Leaders are seen to take charge and set goals and direction. They are responsible for promoting growth. Followers are generally in their charge carrying out their wishes. Then there's everyone else. They neither lead nor follow, or fall outside the definition of follower.
Leaders are the people that shape the destiny of a particular group of people or a country or any number of things. These people engage in activities that will promote the growth and success of what ever it is that they are leading, for example a Pharaoh led the people of Egypt, the President of the United states leads all of us, In Saudi Arabia the leaders are called sheiks. These are people with special qualities. Traits like vision, motivation, and determination. This person, he or she, will be able to see and envision a purpose or goal that can be attained and do the things necessary to reach those ends. These people are highly motivated, that is to say, they need no external stimulus to do their job, and no one needs to watch these people. They perform always. People who are leaders possess all these attributes and more. They also can be excellent or dreadful leaders that have corresponding effects on that which they lead. If they are wise, they can achieve their goals while keeping their followers happy and content. However they can be tyrannical, and oppressive. In this case we can stand back and watch their eventual collapse. But leaders are not all that is crucial. There is another type of person needed to complete the equation followers.
