Good Morning!

A student assigned to write an essay about an effective leader wrote
this story:

I've been taking a bus to school for years. Most passengers keep to
themselves and no one ever talks to anyone else.

About a year ago, an elderly man got on the bus and said loudly to
the driver, 'Good morning!' Most people looked up, annoyed, and the
bus driver just grunted. The next day the man got on at the same stop
and again he said loudly, 'Good morning!' to the driver.



Another grunt. By the fifth day, the driver relented and greeted the man with
a semi-cheerful 'Good morning!' The man announced, 'My name is
Benny,' and asked the driver, 'What's yours?' The driver said his name
was Ralph.

That was the first time any of us heard the driver's name and soon
people began to talk to each other and say hello to Ralph and Benny.
Soon Benny extended his cheerful 'Good morning!' to the whole bus.
Within a few days his 'Good morning!' was returned by a whole bunch
of 'Good mornings' and the entire bus seemed to be friendlier. People
got to know each other.

"If a leader is someone who makes something happen, Benny was our
leader in friendliness."

A month ago, Benny didn't get on the bus and we haven't seen him
since. Everyone began to ask about Benny and lots of people said he
may have died. No one knew what to do and the bus got awful quiet
again. So last week, I started to act like Benny and say, 'Good
morning!' to everyone and they cheered up again. I guess I'm the
leader now. I hope Benny comes back to see what he started.

"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself.
When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. —
Jack Welch"

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