We can ask no guarantee of a secure and happy future. But if we want a future that will demand the best that is in us and lend meaning to our lives, we can have it. Knowledge with Common Sense As the available body of knowledge grows to almost overwhelming proportions so increases the responsibility to understand its practical use in the affairs of people. There is no substitute for common sense in effective leadership the coupling of knowledge and understanding into attainable goals and accomplishments for an improvement in human well-being. An observer of the information explosion said, To know a little less and to understand a little more seems to be our greatest need.
Understanding is where the action is.
He who knows and understands what he knows and how to use it for good is a wise and effective leader. Integrity of Character Integrity of character is the hallmark of leadership that seeks to make things better without caring who gets the credit. George Washington wrote, Good sense and honesty are qualities too rare and precious not to merit one s particular esteem. I hope I shall possess fairness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. The truth is not always easy to come by.