Politicians are obsessed with their rising and falling popularity in the polls while celebrities are well heeled in the selfish art and greedy practice of tabulating their own record and movie ticket sales. Both politicians and celebrities have one big thing in common, they spend many hours every day growing the number of fans and boosters who love and respect them, who will vote for them or purchase their products. Leaders are a very different breed. Leaders achieve that goal by seriously trying to set the kind of very positive example the rest of us should voluntarily like to adopt.
Leaders are both publicly and privately honest.
They solve problems and pursue opportunities they sincerely believe prevent the greatest harm, cause the least harm, and do the most good for the most people. West Virginia University head football coach Don Nehlen is one of these sorts of men. He slept on top of the washers. Due to his prior very harsh existence and living conditions in Florida, when he arrived at the university he rarely spoke to anyone and, when he did speak, it was almost inaudible. By the end of his successful athletic career at WVU, he had been nurtured by Coach Nehlen, his staff, and a few dedicated Mountaineer fans into trusting his fellow human beings and speaking to others became a much more relaxed and frequent occurrence.