It takes courage to fight off the alligators while you are trying to drain the swamp. But you must have courage if you would lead. No one follows a wimp. We must have the courage of our conviction, knowing that if on every occasion we just remember that everything we do must be done to each person exactly the same each time. If we do that, then we can be courageous.
Good judgment means having both foresight and hindsight.
Show me a would-be leader who does not have hindsight, and I will show you one who is crazy. That is no leader. If one does not have sense enough to look at what he has done or she has done and say, I did not do that right, so I had better do something different, that person is going to fail as a leader. Also a leader should use good judgment and foresight to recognize that in addition to his or her own intellect and ability, he or she should be surrounded by the best people, those who can help to develop the vision, share the boldness, ease the problems when courageous acts are taken, and move the enterprise along. Any leader who thinks that he or she has made it all alone is no leader at all.