Are you becoming another Robert Mugabe?

Although I have only passed through Zimbabwe, (very briefly) a couple of times and not actually lived in (only the country next door), I thus cannot speak as an expert on the subject of Robert Mugabe. However, I have followed his and Zim’s fortunes a bit in the last 20 years or so, and it would appear that although he has been President for the last 28 years, it seems that he has hung around about 20 years too many.

From what I have gathered over the years, his first couple of terms as President were fairly good and had he left the Presidency then and retired to a quite life, somewhat like Nelson Mandela in next door South Africa did after one Term, Mugabe would probably still be remembered today with much affection and may be even missed. However by staying on too long, he has blotched his record irretreivablely now.

What about you? Are you in a similar situation where it is really time you moved on for everyone’s sake, but you are reluctant to do so because you like the perks of the present situation? I truly believe that each one of us has unique and important gifts that we can bring to a group or organization; but also that there is a time limit as to how long the group or organization benefits from our contributions and sometimes, like in Zimbabwe’s situation with Robert Mugabe, everyone starts to suffer.

What about you now? Have you contributed all that you can and now it would be to everyone’s advantage for you to leave the scene gracefully and not have to be dragged kicking and screaming like seems to be the situation in Zimbabwe?

What say you? Will you leave at the right time and leave a lasting legacy of your time there, or will your time there be remembered, not for all the good that you initially achieved, but for the hardship that you caused, all because you stayed past your prime time for them? What say you?