Posted by sigismund on March 1, 2010, at 3:18:56
In reply to Re: Who is your hero?, posted by Dinah on February 28, 2010, at 15:30:31
>But overall, I was thinking in terms of that article. That some of our best leaders were some of our best leaders *because* they suffered from mood disorders. That rumination and introspection allows for doubt, and lack of doubt is not really as good a quality in a leader as one might guess.
Absolutely.
Think of all the suffering that those without doubt have brought into the world.Churchill had a pretty mixed career.
The up moments (mood wise) may have included the Dardenelles campaign.
Perhaps he understood Hitler better because he knew depression? I believe so.There is an interesting anecdote about Guy Burgess visiting Churchill and finding him depressed and saying that it was essential that he not resign (or whatever it was).
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