I remember in school, teachers tried to place me in leader positions, I had fun with it if there're not too many responsibilities. I usually got people to do all the work and tried to show that I work hard as well but in reality I didn't
yeah, I did everything possible to get other people do things that I didn't want to do
in college I decided right away that I would not agree to be in any kind of leadership position. But the only reason why I didn't want to do it was because I didn't find things that I would have to do important or interesting, so I didn't have any motivation to do the job. But in childhood, I did organize kids to do stuff that I found important or interesting. I got them to play games that I wanted to play. One time tried to start my own little business. A few of my friends and I found a spot in woods (where I wasn't supposed to go
) with lots of dock leaves (if you don't know what it is, it's sort of a herb, leaves growing on the ground, tastes sort of sour used in many Russian dishes), so I told them not to tell anyone so we could gather it and sell it on the farmers market. We thought we were going to be rich
but my parents found out and the plan was blown. Another time I was trying to prevent fires in the woods by spreading flyers that we would have to make ourselves about dangerous behavior. But I didn't think the idea through (the production process). Unfortunately I didn't have any adult support in my ventures so with 1st troubles my motivation usually faded. After my band fell apart I started doubting in my leadership abilities, decided I'm better off by myself. But I always felt that I wanted to do something like that, to organize people to accomplish a common goal. In childhood I didn't even have to have good social skills to do all that stuff, just an idea that others would find attractive and lots of enthusiasm.
so back to the present: now I'm wondering can an adult on the spectrum be passionate enough about something that he/ she would overlook the deficiencies and get people to follow him/ her? ....
so basically it's about a person with a goal leading people... I'll try to see what else I can find out.