Do you see yourself as a leader?

Recently, I was fortunate to be promoted to a leadership role.

To be honest, not much has changed.

Colleagues still come to me with their problems,

and I must now stand by my own decisions.

A good leader, perhaps, is simply this:

to move forward with a goal,

to take responsibility for what is undecided,

and to carry wisdom along the way.

It reminds me of traveling abroad.

At first, I led everyone in finding the way,

but being unfamiliar with the city, I took the wrong path.

(And trust me, you don’t want to wander blindly

through the maze of Japanese subway stations.)

Even a child had to correct me.

But soon, I regained focus,

and the rest of the journey went on the right track.

Failure is never the end.

Rising again is where leadership begins.