A snippet from Steven Pressfield:
A military leader's duty to his subordinates, Pressfield writes, is "to fire their valor when it flags and rein in their fury when it threatens to take them out of hand." He is "just a man doing a job. A job whose primary attribute is self-restraint and self-composure, not for his own sake, but for those he leads by his example. A job ... of 'performing the commonplace under uncommonplace conditions.'"
Take out the word "military" in the first line, and you can apply it to any leader. A leader's duty, is to those he leads. I take this seriously. A good leader is not ego-driven. My own personal example is what I'm trying to do with the LA Tech community. I am constantly asking for commentary and feedback on what people are experience, what they like, don't like, and always always observing. Call it primary market research. I'm also watching the larger marketplace - what's happening in and around LA re: tech community building.
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