Equanimity

One of the criteria of quaity leadership is the restraint with which a leader speaks and conducts in the public. This is all the more relevant in politics and public administration. The most important aspect is that this restraint is expected to be maintained even under extreme provocation by adversaries or a highly sressful situation. Unfortunately this quaity of equanimity seems to be bidding farewell to most of our leaders. The new millennium is witnessing leaders with this great quality on the path of becoming extinct.

A graceful and convincing leader is undoubtedly the one who has the above quality. Till recently we had a few such leaders. Today's band of political leaders sadly forget this important requirement. They are forgetting the fact that equanimity or the lack of it has the same impact on his followers as well.