He alone can command who knowshow to obey docx

He alone can command who knows
how to obey
“He alone can command who knows how to obey”.
Explain this sentence.

The success of a society depends on the coordination
between the various components which make up that
society. This involves some command from some which
has to be carried by some or many. As the saying goes no
man is an island, nor is everyone having the same talent
in the same way. It is the nature’s order, a few could think
and plan while others must execute. Then society can be
stable and function for long.

It is a question of leadership. There are very few leaders
but most of them are developed. Accidents find them in
positions where they could develop into leader. But those
positions they should learn from others until in their own
day they could bloom in to leaders.

Great men of industry, great doctors and great lawyers
have come up the hard way. Usually they all apprenticed
to a big one from whom they learn the art of their
respective trade. They may have the basic knowledge and
they may know all the fundamentals but these do not
make them leaders. They have to work under a senior and
gradually they evolve.

This apprenticeship calls for humility, hard work, sustained
interest and above all obedience. Obedience is to obey.
So the apprentice has to obey his master. Juniors under

as lawyers plod long hours so that they can master the
intricacies of law. Young doctors have to sweat and labor
in an operation theatre such that they may succeed as
soon as they wear the uniforms, and for them obedience is
the first and the last word. There is no profession like that
of a soldier where unquestioned and unstinted obedience
is called for. The great generals then and now ought to
have learned the value of obedience the harder way.
Leadership needs discipline and dedication.

These people know the value of obedience. They know
how thing may go wrong if obedience is lacking. It was
said of a business magnate that he insisted on all those
who worked under him to be punctual. If anyone was late
he used to fine them. If he himself was not punctual, he
would pay the fine from his pocket and thus he was able to
set an example.

It is clear from the above that those who would command
must know how to obey before they can expect others to
obey.