Evelyn's decision

On June 20, 2010, in Real leadership, by Neculai Fantanaru

You can have a strong attitude in leadership by your attachment to other people, and by the commitment towards the mission that you assume.

Towards the end of the movie "The Mummy Returns (2001)", when the powerful Scorpion King is defeated, the temple of Abu Simbel starts to crumble. Rick O'Connell, as well as the frightful priest Imhotep (who had lost his powers in the meantime) suddenly find themselves thrown into an abyss. They both succeed in clutching with their hands to its edges, but the spirits of the dead are pulling them in the earth's abyss, to hell. Rick barely breathes, his heart was beating so hard, that he was just like a man that was dying and could barely get a hold of his last powers. Inside him, he had almost resigned.

Evelyn, Rick's wife, and her rival, the reincarnated Queen Anck Su Namun, nailed to a safer spot were helplessly looking how the rocks furiously crumbled from the ceiling all around them. It seemed as if nothing could save the two, who were trying with their last powers to get a hold of the edge of the abyss.

A decision that meant death or life

Evelyn suddenly understood that only her energy and determination could save Rick. She probably said to herself: "I love you, Rick. I won't leave you here. Not after everything you have done for me. I don't want to have you on my consciousness. I would never forgive myself if anything would happen to you." So she decided to act.

Filled with impatience and tumult, but armed with great courage and an extraordinary will, she ran to Rick, without worrying about the rain of rocks all around her. Once near him, she grabbed his right arm with both her hands, breathed deeply and full of determination, she started pulling him towards herself with an unalterably obstinacy. With a supreme effort, she succeeded in getting Rick out of the abyss.

She covered the ground that separates incredible from credible

All people are capable of incredible things when they really want something, but few have the courage to risk their lives for someone. Behind Evelyn's initiative was a powerful sense of affection and attachment. She proved that she can take over initiative specific to leadership, being stimulated by powerful feelings towards her husband, exposing herself to dangers with the utmost daringness. She had a huge amount of energy and trusted her instincts when she had to take important decisions. Without doubt, Rick has been blessed to have a wife, a partner such as Evelyn – with a lively and energetic spirit, brave and tenacious.

The man weak in character reveals his vulnerable side in critical situations

Seeing that Evelyn went with such an enthusiasm to save Rick, the high priest Imhotep, desperately asks his lover Anck-su-namun to help him. Even so, she, with her eyes looking over the fire and the rocks falling from the ceiling, fearing for her own life, turns and runs away, hoping to save herself. In other words, she avoided endangering her life for her lover, like Evelyn did for her husband.

Poor rich girl. Charming, but coward and unfaithful. Only in the last hour, when he needed the most help, Imhotep realized this great truth: that a man who doesn't dare, doesn't truly love. That a coward lover is not at all a loving woman, but rather a traitor.

Filled with a deep sorrow, which tore his heart apart, the high priest Imhotep, with a numb will, with tears in his eyes, struggling for a few moments between anger and pain, gave up fighting and accepted deaths embrace. He jumped in the abyss of eternal damnation.

The late disappointments are the strongest poisons

Nothing can relieve his suffering, nothing can restore the peace of heart of the one betrayed by the person he put all his trust in. The high priest Imhotep put all his hopes in Anck-su-namun, but she betrayed all his expectations. Just like a poker player, who, by betting everything on one card, loses absolutely everything (his house, his car, his wife), so Imhotep, for putting all his hopes in the one who he promised a queen's destiny, lost any resource of his soul and preferred to die.

The people weak in character walk only on beaten tracks

If you lead a team, you must know that people weak in character avoid taking responsibility in situations requiring improvisations, in the face of eventual obstacles and dangers that might arise. Furthermore, they always prefer to walk on beaten tracks than to expose themselves to risks, than take the measures they have to take. When you have many of such people in your team, uncertain and coward, the probability of not reaching the proposed goal is great, and, in this case, it's nothing but a group which can break down anytime.