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Leadership Principles of the Warrior (Part 1)
are pursuing. Balance, “battle all kinds of trickery, cons and schemes
awareness” and cohesiveness of of every variety. The news, advertising,

thought and action are necessary to marketing, you name it, the disguises are
these endeavors. An effective manager out there. What you see is not what is

must be honest and straightforward really going on.
with everyone and particularly himself
or herself. He must be a speaker of the Behind the scenes, a diversity of collusions

truth inside and outside. transpires every moment. We are
dangerous in many ways. In a declining
Good leaders are not afraid to confront culture, and hence, the society that goes
adversarial situations and are willing with it, the “con job” is everywhere.

to talk face to face with people about From the boardroom, to the classroom, to
controversial issues. Authenticity would every aspect of telecommunications, the

truly be a great thing if all us would “hacks and hackers” are there, watching
say what we mean and mean what we and waiting for options of personal
say. The next time you hear someone advantage. We live, play and work in

say, often quite pompously, “let’s be deviant opportunity subcultures. Yet,
transparent”, ask him or her what they our hypocrisy knows no boundaries, as

actually mean by that. Truthfulness in our prejudices have no limitations. Now
the realism of interpersonal encounters is a time, as the human species faces its
suggests we should be as brutally eventual extinction, whereby ascended

honest as consensually possible. We extraordinary leadership is critical. This
scam ourselves so easily. Every day is is not the moment in history for the

another opportunity for someone to try patronage of the rich, influential and the
and trick another into a vast range of powerful to continue the present course
things. Ever notice how quickly people of global collapse. Nor is it the juncture

call attention to themselves? Be still, for personal advantage by way of lineage,
watch for the moment, sense the timing, inheritance or aristocracy. And, neither

observe and wait for the interval, the does it call for passing the control and
next breath and assess the implications. dominance on to the offspring of the
Human deception, that of self and former rich and powerful. True climbs of

others, is extensive throughout every leadership are not by those who get their
organization, institutions, and any other socio-economic-political advantage by

place your find people. We enjoy telling family connections.
stories, hearing them, and listening to

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