What is the ultimate sign of a great leader? The world has varying opinions on this, which include being a talented speaker and communicator, being charismatic, being physical handsome or foreboding, or being a good organizer. The Book of Mormon reveals what led to successful leadership for a father and son pair of kings, King Benjamin and his son, King Mosiah. The successful factor that led to their being beloved and honored by their subjects was the element of service. Service that included getting down in the trenches and doing the same type of labor that their subjects did, and even going so far as serving their subjects as well. By leading side-by-side with their subjects, King Benjamin and King Mosiah remained sufficiently humble in their positions, and refused to glut themselves on the gains of others.
Mosiah 2:14 And even I, myself, have labored with mine own hands that I might serve you, and that ye should not be laden with taxes, and that there should nothing come upon you which was grievous to be borne—and of all these things which I have spoken, ye yourselves are witnesses this day.
Mosiah 6:7 And king Mosiah did cause his people that they should till the earth. And he also, himself, did till the earth, that thereby he might not become burdensome to his people, that he might do according to that which his father had done in all things. And there was no contention among all his people for the space of three years.
LESSON LEARNED: The best leaders in the world are those that dig and serve and do the same type of labor as those in whom they oversee. The greatest of these continue to perform these services throughout their lives.
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