RULE 10
“Character is destiny.”
—HERACLITUS
“Character” is the essence of the philosophy of leadership. The set of values leaders espouse, the priorities they embrace, and the life code they live by shape the future of the organizations they lead.
“Character is destiny”; true leadership begins within, not without.
Born to a distinguished family in the city-state of Ephesus, Heraclitus (535 BC–475 BC) is one of the most interesting pre-Socratic philosophers. In antiquity he was noted for both his cryptic sayings, which seemed every bit as ambiguous ...
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