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Leaders. Do we need them?
The 5 Attributes of Good Leadership
- Vision
Not rhetoric, but specifically defined and achievable goals. Culture Wars are not vision. They’re lazy.
2. Accountability.
Everyone makes mistakes. A leader acknowledges them and builds from them. A coward runs from them.
3. Integrity.
A true leader must never lie. Ever. If you use deceit for power, your power is inherently corrupt. If you cannot stand by your own character, what sort of leader are you?
4. Service
No one should put themselves forth for leadership. A leader rises through service to the nation. A leader without service to the nation will be as self-serving in leadership as they have been in life.
5. Humility
Simply put, bragging is the most unattractive human trait. In America, we’ve had a healthy wariness of the silver-tonged hustler, the snake-oil salesperson, but we litter our history with men who have used the techniques of sales to win votes. History judges people like this harshly and they fade quickly.
So, leaders. What is their purpose? Who are these people? Do they help or hurt? Are they actually leading? Have we gone past the need for leaders? Big rally…
