good leader, but i knew it as soon as it s over i knew i didn t do it. it was a lack of my own personal discipline. it wasn t that nobody had taught me or i didn t instinctively know. the next thing is empathy. i don t say sympathy, but the ability and the willingness to try to turn the lens around and see it through another person s eyes. you re out digging fox holes and suddenly dealing with private first class smith and he s got some problems at home or any issues. if you can t turn the lens and at least appreciate how he sees things, or if you re across the table from senior pakistani military and you can t turn the lens and appreciate that they have a different view, you don t have to agree with it, but just the willingness to turn that lens around and let it inform you, then i think you have problems. so if you do those basic things, there are a lot of other skills that you learn, effective speaking and posture and all those things, but those core, fundamental, almost value-lik
there moments when i m not a good leader, but as soon as it s over, it was a lack of my own personal discipline. it wasn t that nobody taught me or i didn t know. the next thing is empathy. i don t say sympathy. the ability and the willingness to try to turn the lens around and see it through another person s eyes. you are out digging fox holes and dealing with private first class smith and he has problems at home or any issues. if you can t turn the lens and at least appreciate how he sees things and if you are across the table from the senior pakistani military and can t turn the lens and appreciate that they have a different trueview, you don t have to agree, but the willingness to turn it around and let it inform you, i think you have problems. if you do the basic things, there a lot of other skills that you learn. effective speaking and posture and all those things.