Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great:

Today, leadership is the most discussed topic. There are many people who consider themselves as good and perfect leaders. Many organizations are looking forward for good people who fulfill the criteria of leadership. There are many questions arise on the topic of leader and leadership. First is what is leader and what is leadership? How people identify that the people who pretend as a good leader is a good one or not? Now days leadership is associated with power. Those people who dominate others and have a lot of money, live in big houses, live a royal lifestyle are considered as good leaders. As they have money and they consider themselves dominant so they become leaders. In our society people need motivation, guidance and some ideas to accomplish their goals. People need someone who stand up and taught them to how to accomplish their goals so that they get the maximum of what they want. Today technology grows a lot but people still are narrow minded. They have very little qualities to judge someone. Upper class people mostly confront the society and lower and middle class starts follow them blindly. If I talk about leadership is the action of leading a group of people or an organization and leader is someone who has ability to lead a group of people. In leadership terms, there is one more question which is to be considered that are those people willingly follow the person who act as leader. This is very important that people follow the leader by their heart or through some threat or something else. A good leader is competent and his talks influence others and sometimes because of their ideas many people got their lives changed. A good leader spread positive thoughts in people minds and fight against all those negative things which are dangerously spreading in the society.

Early Life:

In our history, there are some historical leaders who conquered the lands and make a great mark in the history. These types of people are an inspiration for the others. Alexander was one of those people and he was commonly known as Alexander the great. He was a king of ancient Greek kingdom and one of the great and brave people of that age. He was born in 365 BC in Pella. He was a son of a great father Phillip. Although Philip has seven to eight wives and Alexander was from the fourth one.  In the early years Alexander was raised by a nurse while in the early years of adulthood he was taught by a great teacher Leonidas who was a relative of his mother. Alexander was raised in a way that he likes reading, riding, fight and hunt. He was a very wise person even form his childhood. At the age of 10 a person brought a horse to his father. But the horse is very disturbed and seem to be in fear. The Alexander noticed the problem and resolve the issue in less time. Alexander completed his education in 340 B.C in Meiza.

Alexander was only sixteen when his father gave him the charge of the kingdom when he was gone to confront a battle Byzantiums. At that time Alexander saw the opportunity to prove his military and in this way, he proves his bravery to show that he has the qualities to become a great leader in the future. In 336 BC, the Alexander father Phillip was assassinated and he became the orphan. At that time, he realized that he would do something for the people. At that time, there are many more people who wanted that throne or who want to rule the country. But Alexander was very clever, he kills all his rivals before they stood to show their sovereignty. He quashed all the rebellious people and follow the footprints of his father in order to maintain peace. Alexander after hold the throne appointed general Antipater as regent and headed for Persia with his army. Alexander then headed south and easily took the city of Sardes. 

His Great Fights:

In 333 BC Alexander and his army encountered a big Persian army in Southern Turkey and this battle is known as Battle of Issus. In this battle, the Alexander forces were greatly outnumbered but they lack the experience and determination but at the end Alexander won the battle. By now it was clear that Alexander was a shrewd, ruthless and brilliant military leader—in fact, he never lost a battle in his life. Alexander was not a man of peace mean he did not want to sit and enjoy his life. He always wanted to conquer the lands. He loved riding and fighting so he always busy in those activities who have riding and fighting. He has not lost a single fight in his whole life. He was a man of determination and never loses hope even in the worst cases. Alexander fought a battle of Tyre in 332 BC. In this case Tyrians refused his entry to the island. He has no navy to speak of and Tyrians were all surrounded by water. He asked his men to build a cause way to Tyre. They tried again and again to reach Tyre but the Tyrians also make some arrangements against them which caused difficulty for Alexander’s men. At that time, he felt that a great well-prepared navy is also required in order to fight and conquer different lands. In July 332 BC. they breached the walls of Tyre and won the war.

Some great qualities of Alexander the Great:

Alexander’s reign illustrates a number of important leadership lessons which are as follows:

1.      He has a compelling vision.

2.      He believed on walk and talk phenomena.

3.      He always encouraged his people and support the followers.

4.      He always created successful plans for organizing the governance. 

Death:

While we consider the different conquests, and different fights of Alexander. He was a man of power and full of determination. But Alexander the great died of malaria in Babylon on June 13, 323 BC. At that time, he was just 32 years old. Before a year of his death he was married to a woman named Rhoxana. And after a few months later of his death Rhoxana gave birth to his son. His son was so young at that time and could not rule the nation. So, different people stated fighting for the throne. After his death, the empire collapsed. As there are many years passed but even that cultures of Greece reflect something of the Alexander’s empire. Now it is revealed that good and honest people got a lot of respect and love not only form their communities but from the whole world. These types of people are always remembered and their talks are always written in golden words.

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