01-21-2007, 10:48 AM
Quote:20. People whom want to lead are often the worst people to do so. Those that do not want to lead are often the best at it, but will do it if needed, even grudgingly.The problem with this is that we reward leadership as a virtue. Plato said that the people who ran the ideal Republic would be tricked into serving in an inferior job out of a sense of duty. We have the reverse situation: leadership is rewarded with money, power and sex, so the people who have no business leading Step Forward for the rewards while the people who would make wiser decisions don't want to touch the hornets' nest that is Leadership with a 20-meter pole.