Show THE QUALITIES OF leadership by JOHN Q G LONSDALE president dent american bankers banker association leadership and success in a general way are synonymous they are both founded upon simple codes ol of thought and action U upon P 0 n t the h e realization t that h a t he who wins the laurels must be a doer not a waiter that application ot of energy irk not time or luck Is what cou counts ants most A rabbits toot Is 14 a poor 1 s u b 8 ti t a t a lor for horse sense B both a t h success john G lonsdale Lons dala and leadership it if they be of the highest quality are the result ot of service to hurb humanity anity service has been aptly described as the supreme commitment ot of life analyze the lives and times ot at all great leaders ot of history and you will find that those whose names are enshrined in the hearts ot of their countrymen are those who sought to render reader a needed service to the populace leadership like success need not however be international or national to achieve great results there to Is room tor for each ot of us to be a leader in his community in hla his work in hie bla church and in various organizations one of 0 the indispensable qualities qua litie s of 0 leadership Is the ability to persist steadfastly in the tace face ot of discourage ments it if george washington had not possessed the quality ot of persistence he and ana hla his soldiers would never have survived the hunger and privations which were theirs at valley forge we have too many young pien men and young women these d days aye saying a job cannot be done don too many spend their time explaining why a thing cant be done instead of 0 saying with firm resolve that it can be done and then going out and doing it anything that ought to be done Is ie capable ot of being done and anything worth doing at all is worth doing well the tellow fellow who handles a little job in a big way to 1 always on the road to jrp |