In July 2014, Indonesia was running a huge party of democracy, where the people of Indonesia elect a new president. Joko Widodo alias Jokowi the presidential candidate with his running mate, Jusuf Kalla dealing with Prabowo and Hatta Rajasa.

Who is Jokowi? Why is this skinny guy can captivate the Indonesian people, even a lot of praise from abroad? Is he going to be the new leader for Indonesia? Indonesia, as well as a new country, in the era of 45 to 60s, was led by a great leader, who has inspired people, even inspired the independence of countries in Asia and Africa in the colonial era. Sukarno proclaimed Indonesia's independence on August 17, 1945. Sukarno is the founding father of Indonesia. Does Jokowi could become a new icon for Indonesia and inspire people in this equatorial country?

 

The leader is assertiveness without doubt. Image: birokrasi.kompasiana.com

Jokowi is a humble leader who was born of an ordinary family in Solo, a small town in Central Java, Indonesia. These young men when striving to become an entrepreneur in the field of furniture. He managed to achieve success in business, and managed to become an exporter of furniture to many countries. 

He continued his political career from the bottom, until eventually in his party colleagues who saw the potential in Jokowi, and eventually he was elected twice as mayor of Solo. His career continued as a governor in Jakarta, a metropolitan city, the capital of Indonesia.

 

Sukarno and John F. Kennedy. Image: zadandunia.blogspot.com

Both in Solo and Jakarta, Jokowi many changes physically and city paradigm shift in people led by this skinny guy. Compared to most of the mayors, regents, governors or other ministers, Jokowi has a distinctive and unique, which is rarely done by other government officials. Jokowi often "blusukan" or conduct visits and inspections to various locations to find out the actual situation that occurred in the city he runs. He does not just rely on the staff report and its officials.

He really enjoyed meeting the people, ready to hear the complaints and the needs society. Nonetheless, Jokowi also do not like the disorder that occurred in the city, for example the omission of vendors who do business on the sidewalks, in the street, in a city park, illegal parking and other violations committed by the citizens. Because of these problems have long been left without a solution by its predecessor, the Jokowi initially difficult to perform policing and law enforcement.

 

Jokowi with hundreds of thousands of supporters, the last campaign at Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta. Image: tribunnews.com

He had a mission to make the city so that they lead a more orderly, more beautiful and comfortable for its inhabitants, and can make happy the tourists who visit to Solo, or Jakarta. In contrast to the mayor or the governor general, who normally would take legal action the hard way - Jokowi many times a unique approach - the street vendors in Solo invited to lunch to his office. He gave an explanation, that the common areas such as a park or garden should be free from interference by interrupting the convenience of pedestrians, as well as the general public. Jokowi also provide solutions in the form of a place to do business in a new place. In fact, he ordered officials to promote the new location, and provide rent relief, so that small businesses could rise up and succeed. 

Prabowo Subianto, the other candidate, campaigned by riding a horse. Image: tempo.co

 In the early days as governor of Jakarta in 2012, Jokowi also run his mission and vision are not much different when he became mayor in Solo. Jakarta is a big city, so did the population, much larger than the Solo, is certainly a problem in Jakarta is also very complex. However, as a leader who does not have a debt of gratitude to the political elite or business elite, Jokowi can do policing and law enforcement without doubt. As is the case in Solo, then in Jakarta he also acted decisively to corrupt bureaucrats, also dare stop the program that will cost the government money.

 

Jokowi dialogue with the farmers in Java. Image: borneonews.co.id

It could be said Jokowi is an example of a leader who thinks out of the box. He proved to be successful to change a slum reservoir, the surrounding inhabited thousands of people occupying state land illegally. At first Jokowi cruel accusations and slander of his opponents, as well as activists on charges of harming poor people. The same challenges he faced in river flow restoration program,

or when he relocate the street vendors, or squatters on the edge of the railroad tracks and river banks. For these severe problems, Jokowi remains a persuasive approach, dialogue and appropriate solutions.

Though not even two years rule as governor of Jakarta is rich with social problems, Jokowi Megawati Sukarno Putri nominated by - former President and Chairman of Indonesia and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) - the Indonesian presidential candidate. Competitors is Prabowo coalition with many other parties. Balloting will be conducted on July 9, 2014.

 

Jokowi in the middle of konser Salam 2 Jari (Two Fingger Salute Concert). Image: suara.com

Prabowo was a former military officials, but stopped as a Lieutenant General with a dismissal in 1998 for violating the military discipline, and allegedly kidnapped the 13 activists. Prabowo imaged as a firm leader, and has more than 10 years to prepare himself to become president.

In a unique social and political situation in Indonesia, Jokowi is not easy to challenge Prabowo, who supported a variety of large party in a grand coalition, compared Jokowi which only supported a few political parties. However, Jokowi has proven that Jokowi supported by the majority of Indonesian people are dreaming of a big change.

There are thousands of volunteers who freely devote their time and money to support Jokowi. Jokowi had a very inspiring vision, namely Revolusi Mental or "Mental Revolution". Why mental revolution? Indonesia wants to be changed by the people of Indonesia that Jokowi mentally more positive, more optimistic, more confident, more disciplined, ready to work hard, be creative, so that the people of Indonesia can compete with other nations, at least in the ASEAN region, especially Indonesia will enter the era of community ASEAN and AFTA.

 

Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia. Image: indonesia.travel

Program of creative industries and creative economy into one of the programs Jokowi campaign, captured the hearts of Indonesian youth and many Indonesian artist. Community of farmers, fishermen, small and medium-sized businesses, as well as teachers and ordinary people in general agree with the program Jokowi and his running mate, Jusuf Kalla, because it is considered more reasonable, and can be implemented than the vision and programs Prabowo and Hatta Rajasa.

All Indonesian people, maybe even a lot of people in other countries, who also want to see a new leader for a better Indonesia, may be looking forward to win her heart pounding a new Indonesian President for the new changes, so that the voting on July 9, 2014 is an momentum and a new history for Indonesia. Jokowi could be an inspiring solution to the changes.

When a candidate member of Parliament, or the presidential candidates were campaigning in front of people or on television, it is not the only candidate appears to be smiling and shaking hands. The candidate also must describe the vision of the leadership if elected later. Similarly, a CEO in a company, then the CEO should have a vision for the success of the company that is being lead. Although you are not a candidate president or CEO of attack, you also have the right and need to have a vision of your future, or for your family.

 

Steve Jobs quotes. Image: inspiration.entrepreneur.com

Perhaps a few quotes about the importance of, and the nature a vision, of the leaders and famous people, can provide inspiration so that you will have a genuine vision of your own.

We need men who can dream of things that never were. ~ John F. Kennedy

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action with without vision is a nightmare." - Japanese Proverb

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it. John C. Maxwell

“The more boundless your vision, the more real you are.” Deepak Chopra, Life After Death: The Burden of Proof.

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. ~ Janos Arany

“Every child needs a champion.” Hillary Rodham Clinton

"The empires of the future are empires of the mind."  Winston Churchill

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens.” – Carl Jung

 

Nelson Mandela quotes. Image: izquotes.com

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. James Whistler

Nothing stops an organization faster than people who believe that the way you worked yesterday is the best way to work tomorrow. ~ Jon Madonna Quotes

"You don't lead by pointing and telling people some place to go. You lead by going to that place and making a case." - Ken Kesey

Be the change you want to see in the world. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. - Dalai Lama

"Vision without execution is hallucination." - Thomas Edison

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. ~ Howard Aiken Quotes

 "Create your future from your future, not your past." - Werner Erhard

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea. - Francis Ford Coppola

“Live your vision and demand your success.”  Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

“A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.” — Ralph Lauren

“Vision animates, inspires, transforms purpose into action.” – Warren Bennis

“The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.” – John Scully

"Vision is the art of seeing things invisible." - Jonathan Swift

"To accomplish great things we must dream as well as act.: - Anatole France

 "A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there." - David Gergen

 “The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.” – Helen Keller

“Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your Vision is the promise of what you shall one day be. Your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.” — James Allen

"Big thinking precedes great achievement."   Wilferd Peterson

“Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper.” ― Isaac

Bashevis Singer

 

Vision is the art. Image: quotesfrenzy.com

Actually there are a lot of quotes about the vision, and the importance of a vision, even a child has no vision, so we know a child is often considered a dreamer, but from someone who had a dream, will surely find something and be able to realize his dream.

Thinking big is the first step before you find your own vision. Start with a dream, write down your dreams, and make measurable plan. Then you just need to start a first step. If you have a strong dream, then you will reach your goal, although there are many obstacles, but you are a "leader" for yourself, then you will continue what has become of your dreams, and your vision.

And I found an interesting vision that I read of Jack Welsh, are as follows:

"Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion." - Jack Welsh

Of course you also have favorite quotes, or maybe you've found your own vision. For that, I congratulate you, and good luck.

Young Entrepreneur. Image: primeyouth.blogspot.com

 Very rarely children have dreams as an entrepreneur. They prefer to express the dream as engineers, medical doctors, pilots, or attorney. Then, who affects a person when deciding as an entrepreneur? Is it because the hard life? Maybe because they get inspiration from successful people in the business world. What makes them interested in becoming an entrepreneur? Want to be rich and can buy what money can buy? Of course not only that reason. There are good intentions of any act of a businessman.There must be some motivation that drives them to succeed, despite the failures also occurred during the journey they reach the top.

How about yourself? Would like to remain seated in a chair as an employee? Do you have a desire to become an entrepreneur?

Are you inspired by famous quotes from successful leaders, author, inventor, movie stars,  businessmen? These men have reached levels of success that are beyond comprehension. When they speak, the world goes silent and people takes notes.

An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it. – Roy Ash

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming. – Richard Branson.

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. – David Ogilvy

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything. –W. Clement Stone.

I’ve always worked very, very hard, and the harder I worked, the luckier I got. - Alan Bond

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea. – Napoleon Hill

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great – Mark Twain

“Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.” Donald Trump

Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom. – General George Patton

  

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. – Jim Rohn.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are asking, What’s in it for me? – Brian Tracy

It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. Bill Gates.

The longer you’re not taking action the more money you’re losing – Carrie Wilkerson

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations. Steve Jobs.

Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people wont so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t – A student in Warren G. Tracy’s class

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, products and profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with other two. Lee Iacoca.

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction. Warren Buffet.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overall and looks like work. Thomas Edison

Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company – Booker T. Washington

“Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it but you don't want to see it again.”  Ted Turner.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it. Ray Kroc.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions. – Confucius

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves. - E. Joseph Cossman

The entrepreneur builds an enterprise; the technician builds a job. – Michael Gerber

Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual. – Natalie Clifford Barney

If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning. Aristotle Onassis.

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night. – Henry Ford.

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. Sam Walton.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two peopoe, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people. Lee Iacocca.

 Are you inspired after reading the quotes from businessmen and other famous people? Some of you may decide to start a new business or want to be successful in other fields as you dream so far. Whatever your dream, the spirit necessary for success, patient, persistent and never give up. If you fail, get up. With the power of a dream, you will be motivated to achieve success.

  

Who is your favourite leader?

A new leader always appears in every era, in Indonesia, a large country in Southeast Asia have gained Jokowi as a new leader. Joko Widodo is then known as Jokowi, was born in a small town, Solo, Central Java. Starting from a "regular", this Metal Rock music fan, was transformed into a furniture entrepreneur, successful export a wide range of furniture products abroad. Armed with idealism to serve the people, Jokowi elected twice as mayor of Solo. The leadership of the mayor, continues to Jakarta, and was elected as governor in the Indonesian capital.

 

Jokowi (left) was elected as an influential leader by Fortune magazine

 The hallmark of Jokowi  leadership is prioritize dialogue with various parties, especially with people he would regulate, for example, the street vendors, informal settlements dwellers who occupy the riverbanks, or those who occupy lands owned by the government. As he proved in Solo, Jokowi do not need to use an iron hand to right the situation and carry out legal action. Jokowi have prepared a solution for every action that he did, so that the opposition cannot be easy to criticize Jokowi.

Jokowi leadership has now become a unique phenomenon in Indonesia, and used as an example by people in other areas, so it is not a surprise as the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), finally nominate this skinny guy as President of Indonesia. Based on a quick count, Jokowi successfully won the presidential election. As president, Jokowi Indonesia has the opportunity to lead with vision and a new mission, to make Indonesia more severe than in the previous decade.

John F. Kennedy and Sukarno

To run the program that he promoted during the campaign, Jokowi has prepared "Mental Revolution", so that the public and the bureaucracy in Indonesia will be more disciplined, reducing the corruption that has cost the country, and prepare to be more prosperous Indonesia.

To run the program that he promoted during the campaign, Jokowi has prepared "Mental Revolution", so that the public and the bureaucracy in Indonesia will be more disciplined, reducing the corruption that has cost the country, and prepare to be more prosperous Indonesia.

Leadership is not only required by a nation, even a family or a small company, and ourselves are also needed. Then, what is the meaning of leadership?

Have you ever dreamed to become a leader? We can be a leaderin many areas of life such as leading a company, the president of our country, city, led friends at an event on campus, or lead a group. You can become a leader in any field, if you have strong dreams and want to understand the various aspects and the art of leadership.

In smaller environments such as within a family, we can lead a household with a husband or wife of our beloved. Some say that a person exists because the leader was born to be leaders. Is that true? Others say, that leadership can be studied scientifically.

A leader can give effect to many people. Why? A leader is seen from the behavior, body language, his smile, attitude, what was said, and what actions. 

Did George Washington, Sukarno (Founding father and first President of the Republic of Indonesia), John F. Kennedy, Jesus Christ, Dalai Lama,Steve Jobs, Mikael Gorbachev, is a leader? Whoever the leader, they are also human. They must have had weaknesses and strengths.

If you feel you were not born as a leader, believe me, leadership can be learned from the theory, seminars, reading success stories of world leaders, Kings, presidents, singers, businessmen, or the story of the existing informal community leader. When there are seminars on leadership, I suggest you attend this seminar because you'll get the story and experience of the leader. Or you can get inspiration from speech or utterance of those famous quotes like the following:

Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose, selflessness, knowledge, skill, implacability, as well as determination not to accept failure. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy.

"Thousands of parents can only dream, a youth can change the world" Sukarno, the first President of Republic Indonesia. He proclaimed the independence of Indonesia on August 17, 1945. 

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. Harry S. Truman 

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. ~Henry Kissinger

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. John D. Rockefeller 

We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen. Barack Obama 

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. Nelson Mandela 

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter Drucker 

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. Jim Rohn 

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. Colin Powell

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. George W. Bush 

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. Stephen Covey 

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.~Eric Hoffer

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old. Arnold Schwarzenegger 

Lead and inspire people. Don’t try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed but people must be lead.
~Ross Perot

  

Finally, a leader must have a sincere heart, as Ross Perot mentioned above.