Are leader born or made?

Joseph asked me a question which makes me think…Are leader born or made?

To me, leader needs to be born before he/she was made. There must be something inside the leader since he/she born which can help him/her to be a leader at the right time.

Among new born babies lying on the bed in hospital’s babies room, you will see some babies who can catch your eyes automatically (I’m not talking about your own baby, I mean we as an outsider). If 3 of the babies cry together, one of them will definitely attract the nurse.

When kids playing together, there will be one of them who will lead the play. Automatically others will follow the lead (and cost world war 4). When there are quarrel among the kids, which means there are 2 leaders who don’t want to follow each others lead. There are kids who don’t like each other even at their first meeting because they feel the attention that has been divert by each other. Parents are no longer focusing on one but two. So, both of them are leaders.

So, leaders were born.

Why do I said then the leader need to be made?

If someone was born as a leader and the family keep on telling them that they are useless, they never have a chance to go to school, they mix with gangster (may be they can be the leader of gangster?!)

If someone was born as a leader but no one lead and train him/her, they might not know that they are leader. They might not understand why everyone following what they do, they might not know how to control their own ego when they realize the power that they have, and they still can’t be a good leader.

Conclusion, leader need to be born before he/she was made.