By Cedric Nkungula
President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has called on the newly graduated Malawi Defence Force (MDF) senior command and staff to always lead by examples of their superiors if they are to succeed in their vacation as soldiers.
Chakwera who is Malawi Defence Force Commander In – Chief made the remarks on Friday 24th November, 2023 at the graduation of MDF senior command and staff in Salima.
In his remarks, the Malawi leader emphasized that it is those who go through life and approach their work without any examples and models to anchor, challenge and ground them that often flounder, while those who have such anchors tend to flourish.
He advised the men in uniform to always lead by example of their superiors saying their leadership is the parachute that guarantees a safe landing when all other measures fail.
“If you want to succeed in your vocation as soldiers and if you wish to put your training to good use, follow closely the noble examples of those that lead you and lead those who come behind you by example. That is not just a good principle to follow in battle. It is a good principle to follow in life, which is itself a kind of battlefield. It is those who go through life and approach their work without any examples and models to anchor, challenge, and ground them that often flounder, while those who have such anchors tend to flourish,” said the president.
“I know that this philosophy is counter-cultural and counterintuitive, for we live in a time where everyone is made to believe that it is no use having heroes that inspire us because the only hero worth having is yourself. But this is naïve at best and the world is littered with fallen soldiers who have suffered needless defeat in the pursuit of heroics that were divorced from the wisdom, example and instruction of seasoned generals. So, I implore you to escape this fate. You have a rich heritage of noble and formidable examples and you must not allow anyone to exploit you to the point of making you despise that heritage for to do so is to do harm to yourself by removing the nourishing roots from the tree of your life.”
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