The choice of a leader

I came across this Shakespear's writing:

There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the vovage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries,
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our venture.

The Tragedy of Julius Ceasar
Act4, Scene 3, lines 218-224

I have not fully understood this statement until recently, even though I have taken Literature as one of the Elective subjects. This is one of the books, which I had to go through for the examination. The above then was a text of misunderstood words, or jumble of words, which I was clueless about what Shakespear trying to project.

Having gone on in life, through ups and downs, the above does have a clear meaning. I have seen managers muddle through it. The above is clear on what they are trying to do. In this period of "Crisis", it is so clear, what they are trying to do.

As a leader of a company or a small group, the leader always takes the easy way out, and takes the low road. Simply because when they are weak, they want to get over with it, are caving in to those temptation of fulfilling their task only.

The choice then in this period is the manner we are going handle ourselves in this difficult situation. Are we going to make a very simple choice, and walk away.

Or are we going through to see it done, with our gifted talent, with the appropriate response and stimulus, and with our senses, to our awareness and freedom to do the best we can.