12.8. LEADERSHIP THAT IS LIKE JUDO
When you take on the role of the interactive leader, aware of who you are, confident of your values, assured of the soundness of your mission, and competent to communicate it through a story, you will acquire supporters. But you will also become an immediate threat to the powers that be, the forces that support that status quo. So what do you do with these opponents? Here are some thoughts.
Above all, you need to feel the importance, the excitement, and the plausibility of your mission. If you don't feel it, no one else will. While you abstain from tilting at windmills, you also choose the biggest possible goal to fight for. Make a war too small, and it's yours alone; no one will join in the action. You ask ...
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