Leaders and Unavoidable Dues by Andrew Oforma Eze

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Leaders and Unavoidable Dues

People pay more attention to negative issues than positive ones; many have eyes to see the shortcomings of government, but it is only a few that see the strengths. A wise leader should know that no matter how good and effective he is, he can never please everybody.
Therefore, criticism, rivalry, false accusation, depression, and sometime outright rejection are part of dues he pays as a leader. No matter how you perform some will vilify you and call you a failure, squirrel, and other demeaning names.
That is why Machiavelli as we have noted says that “men in general judge by their eyes rather than by their hands; because everyone is in a position to watch, few are in a position to come in close touch with you. Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are”. He also noted that “men worry less about doing an injury to one who makes himself loved than to one who makes himself feared. For love is secured by a bond of gratitude which men, wretched creatures that they are, break when it is to their advantage to do so; but fear is strengthened by a dread of punishment which is always effective" (Machiavelli, trans. 1999:54).
Finally, we all have to pay the dues as at when due. It pays to pay your dues.

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