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My Target Service Selection Board (SSB)

o Positive thinking

o Physical fitness and will power
o Adaptability

o Courage
o Wit and sense of Humor
o Ability to convince others
o Considering other’s interests

o Discipline and frankness
o Organizational ability

o Initiative
o Logical and systematical approach to various problems
o Considering other’s views

o Being a Good speaker
o Enthusiasm
o Loyalty to your group or institution

o Up to date knowledge
o Humility
o Being a Personal example

o Moral fitness
o Tact
o Unselfishness

o Commonsense
Friends, if you are able to cultivate these qualities in yourself, then you will automatically be sworn in
as the leader of a group. I have marked some qualities in bold letters which are most important. That

doesn't mean others are less important. You must have all these qualities to be a good, inspiring
leader.

Where and How to Demonstrate Leadership

in SSB

Leadership is an important Officer like Quality (OLQ). An officer is expected to be good leader as
the responsibility of many people is on him/her and moreover as an officer you are expected to take
decisions and execute them at the spur of the moment. In SSB out of the various qualities which are
checked leadership hold great importance. So you have to project yourself as a true leader. Gone
are the days when leaders were born not made, each one of you is a leader, it’s just the matter of
projection. In this article I am penning down a few situations where you can project your leadership.
Before you read that, keep one thing in mind always, there is difference between being a leader and
being bossy, a leader leads by example, and a leader cares for his subordinates.