NATURE OR NURTURE

Nature or Nurture is a question often asked about leadership. The combination of innate natural leadership skills and nurture through leadership development defines one's leadership style.

Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right things."

How do leaders emerge?

1) Some personality traits may lead people naturally into leadership roles.

2) A crisis or important event may cause a person to rise to the occasion, which brings out extraordinary leadership qualities in an ordinary person.

3) People choose to become leaders, learning leadership skills through a transformational attitude/approach.

The first and the most important characteristic of a leader is the decision to become a leader - the decision to provide others with vision, direct the course of future events and inspire others to success.

Leadership requires the individual to practice dominance and take charge, formulating the appropriate mix of traits, skills and ambition. Exhibiting a unique blend of charisma, vision and character traits that attract people to follow them.

The power of an organization's leaders in creating the organization's values, environment, culture and actions is immeasurable.

As an organization leader, manager or supervisor, you are responsible for creating a work environment that enables people to thrive.

Did you say, “you feel sick today”

Did you say, "you feel sick today"!

Do you know Why?

You get a cut and all sorts of bacteria and viruses enter your body through the break in the skin. Often the skin heals itself and seals the puncture. Each day you inhale thousands of germs (bacteria and viruses) that are floating in the air. And you do not keep falling sick every day. Why?

Coz, your immune system responds and eliminates the invaders.

But in rare cases, the immune system misses something. So you will get inflammation and pus as side-effects as the cut gets infected. The mosquito bite will get you a red, itchy bump. Occasionally a germ gets past the immune system and you catch a cold, get the flu or still worse.

Deficiency of vitamin or mineral – like lack of Vitamin D and you have rickety bones: Lack of Vitamin C and you have swollen and bleeding gums? Iron deficiency and you are declared anemic? So you know to what extent the vitamins and minerals strengthen your immune system! Or weaken it!

What is this marvel Inside your body that gives you amazing protection mechanism? This phenomenon - called the immune system. It is designed to defend you against millions of bacteria, microbes, viruses, toxins and parasites that would love to invade your body.

Get knowledgeable about your body's immune system. It is complex, intricate and interesting. Your immune system works round the clock in thousands of different ways, but it does its work largely unnoticed. One thing that causes us to really notice our immune system is when it fails for some reason. We also notice it when it does something that has a side effect we can see or feel.

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Does Humour enhance your Immune System?

The funny thing about humor is that it does a lot more than make people laugh.

Humour and Laughter strengthen immune system.

In Patch Adam's words, "Choose humour in the public place, with a smile on the face, or a twinkle in the eyes, and a willingness to greet each person!"

In the process, you would have strengthened the immune system – not only yours but also the other person's.