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The Problem with Imperfect Leaders
Perfection is a disorder we must overcome
In Beyonce’s hit song “Pretty Hurts,” she sings, “Perfect is a disease of a nation.” and yes, she’s damn right.
I can’t speak on behalf of any other nation, but I will speak about our own: the United States of America.
We have a long history of dismissing, or as was more recently coined, “cancelling” a person for any behavior that some people take issue with. It’s the same bias that causes young lovers to abandon a partner for a first non-violent offense, or causes someone with less maturity and wisdom to quit a job instead of
Facing and Embracing the Conflict.
2 Facts About Humanity:
- People are innately flawed.
2. No action or decision will ever please everyone.
Each of the people pictured here has both achieved a lot and pissed off a good number of people with some of their choices. And in these cases, it’s often hard to separate the positive results from the negative results when we discuss the work of such a person.
