This is also a biblical “Peter principle.” Of the eleven surviving disciples, Peter failed most egregiously during Jesus’ arrest and execution. Yet in John 21 Jesus forgives him and makes him the leader. It is as if Jesus said, “Because you have been the biggest failure, you have the potential to be the greatest leader. Plunge your failures into my grace and it will make you both astonishingly bold and profoundly humble at the same time—and so profoundly wise.”

