Chapter 4 talks about stamina. It says great leaders often have great stamina and keep working even hard situation. However, Shakleton was not such a kind of person. It was quite chock for me because I expected he had full of stamina.
The author insisted even though we have stamina or not, we should take care of ourselves as well as another members. I agree with this idea. If leader doesn't take care of himself/herself, their members also doesn't take care of themselves. As the author says in Chapter 3, leader must take action if he/she expects others to do the same thing. Leader must be the example of others. Therefore, if leader doesn't take into considerate himself/herself, who will follow? Health is important for achieving goals, especially in The Edge.
Shakleton was not good at taking care of himself even though he had great ability to observe his crew and could take care of them well. As Ken and author said, it must be some correlation between Shakleton's early death and his lack of ability to take care of himself.
Chapter 4 also talks about importance having outlets. It's difficult to control mental health for us without outputting our feelings. Therefore, we have to have outlets for our feelings. The author listed three things to share feelings: Talk to friends, Keep a journal and Write letters home.
I think Japanese are not good at doing this. They put importance on having patience. So I'm afraid they avoid showing their feelings, but they endure.
For me, I couldn't share my feelings until a few years ago, but I noticed I can feel secure after telling and showing my feelings to others. So, I try to do it recently. Even though one seems to have tough mind, he/she cannot live alone. They needs other's help. I'm thinking of majoring psychology, and from the perspective of it, there is no one who has "tough mind". So, I want to say don't think you have patience! Standing will connect to stress, and that will depress you. If it's difficult to tell your feeling, you can start from keeping diary. You can share your feeling with yourself. You can start from that, then telling what you are feeling to others.
Hi Moeno,
返信削除I am glad you found your posts as these are all excellent. I appreciate hearing your reason for your proposal and think your experience with Kaien will contribute greatly—feel free to use any experiences or examples from there in your paper. Also I liked your thoughts on stamina (actually Shackleton did have stamina, he just focused more on others than himself and his health suffered), about being visible, "Seeing is Believing" is a popular expression in English, and it is so great that you have the saxophone for gratification—what a wonderful instrument (I like jazz).
Keep up the good work.
Ken