The Politics that Kills Passionate Interest in Citizens and That Can Make Them Lose Interest in Just few Seconds Can your leader turn you on when he’s been acting like clueless all day, hurting your feelings and making you feel not cared for and worthless? Not unless his behavior changes radically. These days’ most political leaders realize a citizen’s been frustrated earlier and shared money to at the just tenure ending to next election is the organ of the electorate that matters most when it comes to turning on the passion in electorates. It’s much less common to find all who knows the same thing is true about a Nigerian leaders. Yes, leaders can be interested in getting elected back to office even when there is political tension in their area, but I’m talking about the aspects of the area that leaders have to work harder at. I’m talking about the non-money parts that make up 95% of the joy and meaning both leader and electorate feel in a truly committed governance. Governance issues and emotions do affect that part of passion for electorates. That’s right, electorates need to feel a certain way if you want them to perform. If you want electorates to be really deeply engaged in the governance, you’ve got to pay attention to their mind and emotions. But which emotions matter most to electorates? It’s not the same stuff that matters the most to a leader. I’ll tell you the answer. Before I do, I need to prepare you. It’s not what you would expect, and you might doubt the importance of it when I tell you. Remember that leaders experience governance differently. As a result, the issue that matters most to electorates may strike leaders as petty or small. In governance, the most important thing that will affect a electorate’s ability to vote is the level of respect they feel in the attitudes, actions, and words of the leader around them. When I say, “vote,” I am referring to emotional openness, willingness to work through problems, true investment in the governance, and the desire to make the electorate happy above all else. In my early twenties, there were two leaders who both impressed an interest in me. Both of them were very attractive. Both of these leaders were very attractive to me. That’s where the comparison broke down though. The way they handled leadership was very different. They both attempted to use complements and involvement to spark leadership and show their concern, but they did so in very different ways. The first woman (we’ll call her Flora) was sitting at a table together with her community when she made her till date impact. This may seem a bit ridiculous, but remember we were in our early 20s and still basically just kids yet her then achievement speaks. She struggled a lot (she almost always did) and talking in passionate tones for a few seconds with her community people sitting beside her all time. The other man (we’ll call him Zenith) approached his community one day as he exited his building and headed down a sidewalk after a social event. He walked along Ameshi road for a moment, making small talk before changing his tone of voice slightly to a more serious tone. He said, “I was really impressed with what the intervention of late Ogene Ishiodu from Ogwuma village and his cabinet to pull Oguta out from one man’s cell.” he turned his head and looked me in the eye at this point, and continued, “Your wisdom’s going to take you a long way in this world, you know.” Can you guess which one of these two leaders got my attention? Was it Flora or Zenith? The truth is, they both got my attention. Only one caused me to feel deeply respected. At the moment I experienced true respect from Zenith, I could suddenly see visions of myself in a long-term governance with him. Experiencing the weight of his respect caused me to want to welcome him a model into my life and promise my heart to his political style. I suddenly felt a deep trust for him and the desire to never lose the deep respect he seemed to hold for his community and me. True respect and leadership is demonstrated, not just spoken with words. This is a concept that is difficult to explain without a lot of examples and more in-depth explanation. Because of that, I put together a video and picture in my to be published textbook ‘ Consequences of Hidden History in Oguta” that describes a profound experience I have had with community politics and tradition, what I now call “The price of disunity in a community uncontrollable became a nature”.” As a professional analyst, there are few things I have to offer scholars that have a more deep and powerful effect in their research. Respect matters to electorates in ways leaders just can’t see (without a little training in political psychology).
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 07:03:05 +0000
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