In the world we live in today, there are many great historical and current leaders who have brought change to their societies. However, they use different leadership principles, and some principles lead to their downfall in the long term, while others lead to great success. The idea of ​​which leadership ideology is most effective is both subjective and personal. When I listened to Patrick Awuah's 2007 speech “How to Educate Leaders? The Liberal Arts,” I began to understand why people have different views of leadership. He spoke about how university students who are the elite can be trained to serve humanity and protect societies for the betterment of Ghana and other African countries. In this essay, I would like to explain how leaders balance the paradox within the privilege of leadership, that is, of being elite, servant, and guardian, and also reflect on how I intend to develop my personality to become a servant leader. A leader is “ a person who leads the way and empowers others to respond to a changing environment and achieve future goals. (Komives, Lucas, & McMahon, 2007). A servant is a person who performs tasks for others and seeks how to please his master in a family or organization. From these two definitions, it seems puzzling to learn how a person can both lead and serve and how could they exist among the elite? Elites are people considered superior economically, intellectually and socially. (Voukor, 2007). However, Greenleaf puts it this way: “the servant leader is servant first. It starts with the natural feeling of wanting to serve.” (Green Leaf, 1977). I think a servant leader is someone who invests themselves in the group's goals and objectives, shares their motivations with others, and... middle of paper... Leadership. Retrieved from Greenleaf Center: ttp://www.greenleaf.org.Hunter, J.C. (2004). The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader? New York, NY: Crown Business.King, M. L. (1968, March). The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Retrieved from Findlaw: http://www.findlaw.com/features/civil_rights_dr_martin_luther_king.htmlKomives, S. R., Lucas, N., & McMahon, T. R. (2007). Exploring Leadership: For college students who want to make a difference. (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Krames, J. A. (2005). Jack Welch and the four Es of leadership. New York, United States: McGraw-Hill Companies. Matthew, J. (1978, 1983). The Holy Bible: New International Version. Colorado Spring; CO: International Bible Society.Tzu, L. (n.d.). Tao Te Ching. Retrieved from Marxist: www.marxists.org/reference/archive/lao-tzu/works/tao-te-ching/te.htm