With Steve Forbes at the helm, Forbes magazine has become the industry leader in advertising pages, a feat his father never achieved. Thanks, Dad The emerging picture of Steve Forbes is in some ways quite similar to that of Al Gore, whose father was a U.S. senator. Both men had powerful, successful fathers who reached the pinnacle of success in their chosen careers. Both fathers were active in politics, yet never realized their presidential dreams. First and foremost are their shared conscientious tendencies.
Conscientious personalities are dependable, disciplined, prudent, and restrained.
They are diligent about duty and responsibility and dedicated to moral principle. Though these traits can hamstring a candidate on the campaign trail, within reasonable limits they can be admirable qualities in a leader. A potential flaw in leaders with this makeup is a self-defeating propensity for dogmatically pursuing personal policy preferences. More pertinently, their aggressive leanings have dissimilar roots and, we believe, vastly different functions. Forbes is shy but not an introvert, while Gore is introverted but hardly shy.