Why be a follower?

Answer 1

There are advantages and disadvantages to being a leader OR a follower! A follower can:

1. Defer to someone else's judgment, opinion, or experience.
2. Hide behind someone else's decisions, so the leader might get in more trouble than the follower.
3. Learn by watching the leader(s).
4. Make fewer waves and have less conflicts with others.
5. Opt out of following to become a leader.

I would rather be a follower if:

1. We were walking through snake infested waters.
2. We were wading through a swamp with alligators around.
3. We encountered an angry bull elephant.
4. We were walking behind horses in a parade (since horses excrete whenever and wherever they please).
5. You opened a closet door where a man with a hatchet was hiding.
6. I wanted to learn from watching how a leader handles situations.
7. I was alive following the coffin of a leader....in which case, I might become a leader since you died.