Great leaders find time to read, to meet people beyond their own circle, to go to the theater or see films, to walk in other worlds. The leader must have a love of people , because in a community of individuals, those who find individuals a pain and a nuisance may be respected or feared, but they will not be willingly followed. Yet this attribute, too, requires its opposite, a capacity for aloneness , because leaders have to be out front. It is not always possible to share one's worries with anyone else. Few will thank the leader when things go right, but many will blame the leader if things go wrong.
Great leaders have to walk alone from time to time.
They also have to live vicariously, deriving their satisfaction from the successes of others and giving those others the recognition that they themselves are often denied. Living with these paradoxes requires great strength of character. It also requires a belief in what one is doing. Money alone will not be enough to provide the motive to live with these contradictions. Even a love of power is insufficient, because power irons out the contradictions rather than holding them in balance.