Sunday, September 13, 2009

Over Rules

"Too many rules get in the way of leadership. They just put you in a box and, sooner or later, a rule-happy leaders will wind up in a situation where he wants to use some discretion but is forced to go along with some decree that he himself has concocted." - Mike Krzyzewski

Leaders become a lightning rod for the unpredictabilities of life. Setting rules and sticking by them is the only way to create "fairness" in some proper respects. It also tears the heart strings of the widow, the orphan, the hospitalized, or any number of extreme circumstances that run into the cold, indifferent nature of regulation.

Life varies, and so do people. Rules bring order, and brightest happiness comes from what happens beyond the rules.

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