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With regards to leadership be yourself. Anything else is an affectation and in the end is a waste of time. It is posturing and preening.

Sun Tzu said, "He who knows himself and his enemy will win 100 battles without loss."

I had an arguement with Shaun a while back. I said a leader is someone who is willing to go in a direction even if no one one is willing to follow. He is willing to go it alone if necessary. You might call that the courage of your convictions, ideas or vision. You have a sense of what has to be done and you do it. That kind of leadership might be called "Trailblazing."

Shaun on the other hand was arguing managerial leadership in the sense that you have to be able to work with people and get them on board with a goal and get them to work together to achieve that goal.

To be truly great you have to combine both the intellect with the heart.