Some of the most effective leaders I know have no aspirations to lead at all. They don't think of themselves as leaders, they've not pursued a position nor have the attempted to exert influence over a group of people. Instead they've seen a need, seen that they have the ability to meet that need and considered it their duty to step up and do so.

Many in the WWII generation fit this description. So many of them weren't looking to lead, they weren't looking to be heroes. They simply saw something that had to be confronted and saw that they were the ones who had to do the confronting.

May we all aspire to lead in this way - not simply for glory and gain, but for the good of others, not for position or power, but because there is a significant task to be done and we are the generation to do it.