The Importance of 'No-Men' - Cal Thomas

The Importance of 'No-Men' - Daily Signal - Cal Thomas

Cal Thomas writes of a meeting with disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker after Bakker's release from prison:

"'When did you start to go wrong?' I asked Bakker.

"His answer was instructive: 'When I began to surround myself with people who told me only what I wanted to hear.'...

"The key to great leadership is to not overly regard yourself, to understand you don't know everything, realize that, like everyone else, you are flawed and can make bad judgments, and to surround yourself with people who think well enough of you to tell you the truth from their perspective, even when it disagrees with yours.

"As long as the objective is to help you succeed with your agenda, such advice can be valuable and even humbling, humility being one of humanity's better characteristics and a grace that appears in short supply in Washington."