In order to have the edge and strength that a leader needs, you’ve got to make friends with them too. Lots of people deny their demons. They float through life believing that they’re lovely and gentle and wouldn’t harm a fly and, when they inevitably do harm that fly, they try to shift responsibility and blame other people. These men and women are not leaders. These are not the people you want guiding you out of that foxhole and through that storm of bullets.
