GANDHI: A LEADER ON NON-VIOLENCE Throughout history the great charismatic leaders who were also forces of good that changed the world for the better can be considered in this light to be socialized charismatic leaders. Gandhi for example, fits the category of the selfless individual who did not rule over people by force, intimidation, or manipulation. He had selfless goals, the liberation of India from British rule, treated everyone as his equal or superior, was content to work in the background and give credit for their success back to the Indian people whom he led, and generally acted out of higher spiritual and noble motivations. Looking deeper, we see that socialized charismatic leadership is leadership exercised for the greater good, with no regard for the accumulation of personal power, and with no intention to exercise power over people for any other purpose than for their betterment. Charisma has been studied as a trait, with the approach to its study being to look at such qualities as being visionary, energetic, unconventional, exemplary, and possessing outstanding rhetorical ability (Charisma, n.d., citing Bass, 1989; Conger, 1989; Harvey, 2001) .Max Weber, on the other hand, defines charisma as a certain quality of an individual, by virtue of which she or he is set apart from ordinary people and endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. (Charisma, n.d., citing Weber, 1947).
Gandhi possessed all these characteristics and many more.
He was a great motivating influence in my life because he moved people to action by his principles and integrity. He is a perfect example of a man who did not have to exert so much force but this inaction had the force that could influence an entire nation. Gandhi did not claim to be a great man. He was already happy that India attained its freedom nonviolently. In fact, he considered violence as something that can create more problems in the long run. Many did not understand him.
The Homework on Better to convince people than to force them
It is better to convince people than to force them: DISAGREE/ Agree I would like to talk to you about today the topic “convincing people is better forcing them” and I am against this saying no forcing people is better but I also agree and saying that convincing Is better, please don’t get confused because in some cases it is truly better to force people but in some other cases it is better to ...
Until this very day, I am amazed at how he was able to organizing huge masses of people to a national crusade which created changes in his country. WORKS CITED Charisma (n.d.).
Retrieved Sept. 9, 2007 at: http://cbae.nmsu.edu/~dboje/teaching/338/charisma. htm Gandhi and Non-Violence. Retrieved Sept. 9, 2007 at: http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/gandhi_and_non .htm.
