Quotes by Azlie Alias | So The Very Ridiculous

Posted by Ari in May 1st, 2008

Azlie Alias, who prefers to be referred to as Ari on the web, is the founder of the word Moojik. Moojik means Wonderful, in an abstract form. Ari is also the founder of the term Moojikulous which means, To hell with everyone, as long as I think its right, it should be!

I love reciting these quotes:-

1. “Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.”

2. “The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.” -Warren G. Bennis

I use it all the time, for a very long time since my army days, especially useful if you just have to get someone to do something while taking pride in doing it. Hey, if people were to tell me the same, I’ll be frank and say I’ll still be a sucker to them still.

But why is the line drawn between Leaders, Managers, Specialists, Officers, Chefs, Restaurant Owners, Drivers, Racers, Dad, Father, Bitch, Whore not being identified by any of any two?

Say I am a Specialist and I’ll put myself as THE REAL leader and will place the Officer as the manager and based on the quote, truly I am standing on the winners podium in my point of view. But on the other hand, the Officer will have the same mindset as me the Specialist with the difference now being him as THE REAL leader instead of me. Or if it is not applicable due to the understood status of his rank being superior, he Officer 1 will think he is the REAL leader instead of Senior Officer no. 2 who is directly Officer 1’s manager.

Same theory applies in the office and everybody thinks he or she are the divine Leaders to their subordinates or peers because base on the Manager Leader quote above, noone in the right mind would have declared themselves as the manager. Right?

So I am going to twist and turn that wonderful quote into something less wonderful. Facts are always less appealing compared to dreams anyway and here it goes:-

“Real Leaders will do the right things to make things right.” - Azlie Alias

There you go, I’ve made it simple. Did the right thing. And definitely made things right and clear. No more arguments about leaders and managers and CEOs and presidents and sultans and ministers and executives and janitors and drivers and mums and dads and so on.

As I have always believed, “Keep it simple and don’t be an idiot to complicate matters!”

I will still love parroting Warren G. Bennis’ quotes though… only difference now is I have an alternative if somebody just couldn’t get it!

More quotes for you to enjoy or contribute at thinkexist.com and quotations.about.com.And some free sales tips from businessballs.com for you to fill your holiday.

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