Her eyes flicker towards him, a slight movement when she is mostly hidden by her veil. She recognizes that something has occurred, some thought that refers to something that she doesn't know.]
It is the role of the storyteller not only to entertain but, if possible, to enable others to find truths they had not considered. Or so it was in my home.
My thought... is that leadership encourages the amplification of certain traits. Those who are greedy have the power to feed their greed, and so make it more ravenous. Those who are selfless have the position to offer themselves to others, and so wear themselves to nothing. The distrustful are given endless opportunity to be betrayed, and the shrewd may hone their skills at the highest level. Whether it is a trait that grows stronger in its use or one that is weakened by every occurrence, the position of a ruler is one that enables greatness for good or for ill.
So it is that a leader requires restraint and self-control, and of such a variety that these tendencies grow stronger with use and do not weaken and fail.
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Her eyes flicker towards him, a slight movement when she is mostly hidden by her veil. She recognizes that something has occurred, some thought that refers to something that she doesn't know.]
It is the role of the storyteller not only to entertain but, if possible, to enable others to find truths they had not considered. Or so it was in my home.
My thought... is that leadership encourages the amplification of certain traits. Those who are greedy have the power to feed their greed, and so make it more ravenous. Those who are selfless have the position to offer themselves to others, and so wear themselves to nothing. The distrustful are given endless opportunity to be betrayed, and the shrewd may hone their skills at the highest level. Whether it is a trait that grows stronger in its use or one that is weakened by every occurrence, the position of a ruler is one that enables greatness for good or for ill.
So it is that a leader requires restraint and self-control, and of such a variety that these tendencies grow stronger with use and do not weaken and fail.