Discerning what leadership actually is, reality reveals people who appear to have many possessions are moving around other people's belongings so more people have what they need.
Lao Tzu identifies a relationship between the Great and the Small in "the Great Way of All Beings." Any type of management role from Monarch to Friendly Neighbor define plans to resolve problems for a community. Depending on time and dedication, a Leader experiences success and failure depending on how well they organize and plan success for everyone who needs life improvements.
Living in a large city is much different than living in a small town. The needs of people vary greatly. A Leader of the Community will recognize this and adjust a course of action. Each city is also different as a Person is an individual. Instead of age, family and wealth a city has an evaluation of date it was founded, networks between towns and gross income.
Salt Lake County is a megalopolis with 1,500,000 people. I also lived in Bell County. It has a population of 315,000 people. It is a considerable amount of people, yet to not understand the relative differences in how life works well for each city is erroneous.
There are many similarities. Companies supply job opportunities; people want to live well; people want to live a long time and people who want a better future.
How these agendas are fulfilled is achieved similarly on occasion. Salt Lake County needed more jobs and the majority voted for the Right to Work. There was a need to have a specialized industry. This became computers and medical. There was also a need to maintain cost-of-living. Now there is a limit to how much a Landlord can increase rent.
Bell County needed jobs and voted for the Right to Work. They built colleges and railways to attract large corporations to the city. They instate rules about how much Employees are paid so the economy maintains a steady level cost-of-living. Rent and food can only cost a certain amount. Landlords can attempt to charge more in rent, yet no one would be able to afford to pay rent.
Differences include distance between cities. In Salt Lake County, if someone is mean or rude walk two blocks and it is easy to avoid them. There is an ability to transfer to several schools in the same area. There is time to amend deficits. If someone is pushy walk two blocks.
I remember seeing two people form elementary school as a Teen, about ten years later. My Parents moved to a new home about a mile away, and I went to another elementary school. I was in the same district and went to the same junior high school. Walking around with one of my New Friends, the two Old Friends laughed when the New Friend asked about what I was like as a kid. It was a silly "cute" story about having bladder control problems. The story encouraged memories about other pranks they played on me. Another story involves convincing me to wear strange clothes the next day. I fell for it, and it was hilarious.
This describes how I perceive interacting with people. There is a friendliness between everyone, yet there is a slow pace between human interaction. You know people are around. They are everywhere. It is important to know about events and prepare for it rather than have deep interpersonal interactions.
I know there is competition. Without seeing them, I know to prepare and take advice from people who give advice. This happens through “the grapevine.” People tell another person necessary information.
The interaction, "... dressing up for strange day," is a normal activity to remind everyone to think about what people are saying. Someone says something. Within in days or seconds, it is time to decide how to respond. As a child, there are not as many decisions. A person changes by changing what advice they believe is true. If unready to make a decision, the opportunity is available again in a few years.
Smaller cities are personable. Though fewer people, it is important to be actively a part of the community in order to maintain life. Several people live together for their entire life. An embarrassing moment will be in conversations for entire length of a Person's life. The memorable and good moments are mentioned or remembered by most people. Since they remember they also see the multiple levels of an individual.
It is easy to get into trouble. It is as easy to change without much interference. Everyone remembers them for who they were, yet can be equally supportive in making them who they want to become.
This sudden shift in life seems awful to me. I like being able to say one thing and then letting actions be the true story of a decision. Moving to a small city, it was awkward and destabilizing noticing interactions between everyone else. Unfamiliar with the culture it seemed easier to let everyone discuss what they thought of me instead of making personal statements and informing them about the subtle moments of my life.
It worked. They were unable to act on anything without consulting friends and family. I was able to maneuver quickly. Not offering my opinion made them wait for my answer. I could live without as much interference or input. I am an ethical person, yet my goal was graduation not marriage.
From an outside perspective, it appears as though there is a control levied from the Upper Class or Popular People. They are just personally involved in plans for people than in larger cities. There are people who protect everyone and also modify behavior to be lenient and merciful.
What looks like a suburb is the whole city. There is no walking a block. The same people and problems will be a discussion the next day. It is important to find a position in the community, make friends and portray the values an individual possesses according to the community. For example: heterosexual women paint their fingernails.
This was problematic. I understood my surroundings. I could make a political statement about dressing differently without judgment. Even people that have a common interest decide to show how to dress correctly according to their standards. I imagine being snippy and arguing with anyone is boring. In Salt Lake County, it is an experience new people and advancing into a new group wherein there are more people with similar beliefs. In a small city, it would be me and a friend discussing life adjacent to the people who have a discreditable opinion about life.
Too not know these differences causes problems. If there is a conflict, in a larger city, it is time to find those of similar opinion and unite to protect yourselves. In a small city, talk to people and it is an open discussion for everyone. In both cities, everyone attempt to find answers for how a person lives in an acceptable mannerism that is appealing to everyone. Similarly to being a Leader in a Community, an Individual also lead themselves through life.
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