Leadership and Optimism
Rudy Karsan -
Off the Cuff
Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:55:02 AM
One of the things that I have noticed is that most leaders tend to be optimists. As I stop to reflect about this, it occurs to me that there’s a fairly simple reason for this—not many people would like to follow a negative person. So, if you aspire toward leadership, you are better off being an optimist and not a realist (as some pessimists like to dub themselves). Most leaders I know, in business as well as nonprofit and other organizations—tend to be fairly high on the optimism scale.