Leadership

Leadership is a tough nut. There are countless educational opportunities to help with it, but at the end of the day, a person has to be a good leader before that stuff in order to be a good leader with it. Whether it's politics, business, or other, it all ends up the same. No procedure, government type or oversight can stop a bad leader. A dictatorship can work if you have an actual good dictator. Not sure if that has ever happened though. I often wonder if Korea as a whole would have been better off if South Korea had lost. Maybe South Koreans would be worse off a little, but maybe the "Communist" dictatorship that's there now wouldn't have gotten so bad.

One of the things that's always got me is that in order to lead, you generally need to be an extroverted person who is comfortable with others and have the right education to get in. Sure, your bachelor in business management and ability to talk on panels is great, but someone who has the education of the workers knows what's going on more. But, conversely, just cause you have the education of the worker doesn't mean you can lead them.

I would love to get a job as the leader of a company or group, but I know I couldn't do the talking part. But a good leader should have good advisors that they actually listen to. I always say I think the leader of a country should have someone from the opposing party as a right-hand or vice person. Always in meetings and voicing their thoughts. Obviously, this could lead to just a bunch of fights if the wrong person is picked. The powerful don't like to work together.

In Skyrim, one of the first things the game gets you to do is go to the Jarl of Whiterun and tell him about the dragons returning. In a game about different leaders opposing each other, he is the best. He might actually be the best leader in all of gaming. His right hand advisor is someone who suggest the complete opposite of what he ends up deciding, but the discussion is still there. He controls the city in the absolute middle of a civil war. Each side wants to take it and he still sends guards out to other towns to help defend vs. dragons despite this possible being seen as hostile by other Jarls. His people come first.

He even lets you capture a dragon at his castle and all it costs is a few guards. They had bad knees after taking some arrows to them anyway.

Anyway, all I am saying here is that I want to live in a Viking inspired castle and be an advisor to the Jarl since that means if anything goes wrong, it's on him, not me.