leadership – client k

The Will To Believe

I posted yesterday
about my theory
about why leaders and the media
aren’t being honest with us
about events
like COVID.

They’re worried about liability.

So why does the average person
follow their lead?

We know many people around us
are ill.
We know the hospitals are full.
We go to stores
and see cold medicine shelves are bare.

The reality is…
most people are followers.

They don’t want to take
personal responsibility
for their actions
or lack of actions.
That is too much pressure
for them.

So they shift that task
to leaders
and blindly follow them.

They have zero guilt
if things go wrong
because they didn’t make
any decisions.

(But they DID make a decision
– to blindly follow
that leader.)

And, at this point in the pandemic,
admitting COVID is serious
means also admitting
they’ve made deadly mistakes.
They’ve exposed loved ones
to danger,
a danger that might resurface
at any time in the future.

The average person
NEEDS emotionally to think
COVID is mild.
They NEED
to think their child
or other vulnerable loved one
won’t suffer in the future
from a mistake they’ve already made.

The average person
will continue thinking
COVID is over
or isn’t a danger.

Which means COVID
will cause more harm
and it likely won’t ever end.

Plan for that personally
and for your business.

COVID, Leadership And Liability

You and I know
COVID isn’t over.
We know
it is far more serious
short-term
and especially long-term
than most people believe.

So why aren’t
politicians, business leaders,
the media
talking about this?

I believe
it is because
of liability.

If they admit
they know
COVID is serious,
people will want to know
WHEN they knew that.

We’ll uncover
that someone told them
this information
early in 2020.

And then they
will get their a$$es sued off
because millions of people
have died
based on them withholding
and not acting on that knowledge.

ALL of them
will get sued
– politicians, reporters,
businesses.

Companies didn’t install
better ventilation systems,
for example.
They’ll get sued
for endangering employees.

So everyone is pretending
like they don’t know.
Which means they can’t
relay the seriousness
of the situation.

They’re also telling us
it is our personal responsibility
to keep ourselves safe,
which relieves them
of that duty
and will serve
as one of their defenses
when they do get sued.

This tactic of ‘not knowing’
will be applied
to future pandemics
and likely to climate change
disasters.

We should prepare for this.

For example,
I listen to experts
who aren’t liable.

Doctors who aren’t politicians
or the heads of hospitals
or other businesses
fall into this category.

I watch for what
is truly happening.
Are hospitals full?
Is everyone around me
ill?
Are businesses short staffed?

I make decisions
and take action
on THAT information.

Because leaders
are more concerned
about getting sued
than doing their f*ckin’ jobs.

Admit When You’re Wrong

A relative
is devoted to
a certain former US president.

It doesn’t matter
what
is revealed about this person.
The relative
will support him.

And he will twist himself
into knots
trying to explain
why that revelation
isn’t a bad thing.

Because the relative
won’t EVER admit he’s wrong.
I’ve known him
for decades
and he has never admitted
he’s made a mistake.

He believes
not admitting he’s wrong
makes him look strong.

It makes him look weak.
And foolish.
And not at all trustworthy.

Admitting we’re wrong
is an act of strength.
It relays
we can make mistakes
and still be worthy
of leadership.

Admit when you’ve made a mistake.

And never trust someone
who won’t admit
they’re wrong.

If The People Around You Hate You

Alex Jones is a horrible person.
He deliberately made a terrible situation
more terrible for grieving parents
and loved ones
and he did that to make a few dollars.

Two days ago,
we discovered his lawyer
shared the contents of his phone
with opposing council.
Alex Jones will likely go to jail
for a long, long time
due to that mistake.

There are theories
about why his lawyer did that.

My theory is…
his lawyer hates him.

He hates him so much
he’s willing to sacrifice
his ability to practice law
to ensure he goes to jail.

But…but…but
Alex Jones was paying him.

There are things
more satisfying than money
and one of those things
is vengeance.

Don’t assume
the people around you
will be loyal
because you pay them.

And don’t be
a horrible person.