by Ellen Tordesillas www.malaya.net.ph In the cover story of Time magazine’s July 21 issue, Nelson Mandela shared the lessons that he gained in his 90 years of extraordinary life. An article by Richard Stengel, Time’s managing editor, who had collaborated with Mandela on the latter’s book, "Long Walk to Freedom," listed the great man’s eight lessons of leadership. What struck me was a paragraph in the sixth lesson about "the historical correlation between leadership and physicality." That probably explains Gloria Arroyo’s perverse brand of leadership. Stengel shares Mandela’s rules in life "calibrated to cause the best kind of trouble: the trouble that forces us to ask how we can make the world a better place." Number One: Courage is not the absence of fear – it’s inspiring others to move beyond it. Number Two: Lead from the front but don’t leave your base behind. Number Three: Lead from the back and let the others believe they are in front. Number Four: K...