All Claims Deserve Consideration But Some Claims

People Who Know What They Want And Why They Want It, And Have The Skills To Communicate That To Others In A Way That Gains Support

A Leader Is Someone Whose Actions Have The Most Profound Consequences On Other People's Lives, For Better Or Worse, Sometime Forever And Ever.

The Failure To Find The Right Niche For People - Or To Let Them Find Their Own Perfect Niches - Is A Major Reason That So Many Workplaces Are Mediocre, Even Toxic, In Spite Of The Presence Of Talent. Leaders Of Great Groups Give Them Whatever They Need And Free Them From Everything Else.

Leaders Do Not Avoid, Repress, Or Deny Conflict, But Rather See It As An Opportunity

The Capacity For "uncontaminated Wonder," Ultimately, Is What Distinguishes The Successful From The Ordinary, The Happily Engaged Players Of Whatever Era From The Chronically Disappointed And Malcontent. Therein Lies A Lesson For Geeks, Geezers, And The Sea Of People Who Fall In Between.