The Good Old Rulers as Exemplars

A BRILLIANT BUSINESSMAN
He touched the feeling of freedom in other people, may be that is why he is remembered with delight. Erling was a generous man, and apparently he could do whatever he wanted, and that because he possessed a great inner strength. He was Himself to an unusual degree. He was in contact with something inside himself which inevitably radiated vitality and joy of life. - Erling had started several succesful businesses. He was a leader with 100% progress in the 'battle' of life and with 100% inner humanism, a good 200% life we can say, but .....

FROM 100 % BALANCE TO ZERO
At our present time, after the turn of the millennium we see turbulence in the world; we can see that our ability to live in a natural way has been in decay for a long time. Within in few years we have seen upheavals that no-one would have imagined could take place even across several generations.

THE GOOD OLD LEADERS AS MODELS
At such a point in time we must remember that leadership 'secrets' are the same today as they were in ancient times. There are 5 main types of leaders and their basic nature can most clearly be seen if we return and look at them in their original form in the indigenous communities.

'It is further said about the 'mythical' Danish King Rolf that whatever you asked him for, he had a habit of immediately granting it, with an eager generosity, at the first occasion, so that no-one ever was pressed to ask a second time. This because, he would rather pre-empt the repetition of the request by immediately granting it, than lowering the value of the gift by letting it wait. This is also why a multitude of warriors flocked to him, for bravery is encouraged by praise and nurtured by gifts.

So, we will look at different natural leader types, as they have found their expression in different societies across the globe, societies which have emerged completely spontaneously through thousands of years of evolution. From the smallest units, through the tribes, chiefdoms and kingdoms and on to the greatest cultures, we will extract some timeless codes for use in daily life in our own time.

'THE AGE OF ELBOWS'
A great part of our history our forefathers spent as hunter-gatherers. They had to walk after food, on their feet. Simply put, this was the Age of the Feet. Agriculture or the Age of the Hands followed and much later the Age of Elbows, that is, industrialization with all its social mobility, stress and ambition. Fairly recently, we entered the Age of the Head when computers arrived. - What will come next? The Age of the Hearth?

As we moved up in this way, 5 ways of life emerged. Each society had its own grand leader archetype. Even to this day we find the same 5 archetypes high and low in our social life. We have leaders at different levels. From heads of a family to CEO's to leaders of countries, different characteristics are required.

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