Many people are blessed with the gift of being a leader. They have an innate charm and a knack for approaching and gathering people into a collective. The point is that people with this talent should use it to perform good deeds and improve society because history has shown us that some used it to bring evil and death all over the world, like the most famous, Adolf Hitler.

On the other hand, some don’t have that leadership talent at all but insist on trying to be leaders. And the result is, as one can expect, catastrophic. Also, in this case, history has provided us with suitable examples. For example, in Greece, Giorgos Papandreou, the party leader of PASOK and Prime Minister, instead of doing reformations, deepened the financial crisis and brought the IMF to Greece. (Here, I must mention that some Prime Ministers didn’t make the necessary reformations before and after him for fear of the political cost. And the one who finally drew the short straw was Alexis Tsipras.)

Of course, there’s the option of someone having that special leader gift but cleverly renouncing taking over the leadership or not daring to, as it is not everyone’s cup of tea to take on that massive burden of responsibility.

Other skills a leader needs, which can be learned and trained, is the ability to work in a team and be open to criticism. Even a leader can continually improve themself. To round up the capabilities, the last and most important thing that makes a good leader is sharing the praise and applause and, in the worst case, taking over the blame alone.

So, one may wonder if being a leader is a curse or bliss.