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Solitude and Leadership
Churchill’s Europe required one type of leader. Today’s interconnected world requires its own. Because there is so much information to be sorted through, so much competition, so much change, without a clear head… all is lost.
Ryan Holiday • Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
It seems to me that solitude is the very essence of leadership. The position of the leader is ultimately an intensely solitary, even intensely lonely one. However many people you may consult, you are the one who has to make the hard decisions. And at such moments, all you really have is yourself.
JamesClear.com • "Solitude and Leadership"
Leading from good to great does not mean coming up with the answers and then motivating everyone to follow your messianic vision. It means having the humility to grasp the fact that you do not yet understand enough to have the answers and then to ask the questions that will lead to the best possible insights.
Jim Collins • Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
Self-analysis is always fraught with risk, and there is the danger of patting oneself on the back unduly, but the attributes I would cite are the same ones that I repeatedly hear from those I interview on my show: Luck. There is no doubt that successful leaders seem to have luck along the way. It was a chance encounter that led to my interview with
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