Alone and lonely

Leaders are lonely and alone.

Try as they might to build their inner circle or their people, loneliness and aloneness are unique traits of leadership.

This is counterintuitive yet I have seen it in others and myself.

There are a lot of smoke screens experienced leaders use to hide this fact, and it is the most shocking realisation of new leaders.

The ultimate sacrifice in leadership is aloneness and loneliness.

To lead, the vision must be worth that sacrifice.

Here’s the sucker punch – We are all leaders.

– Osasu Oviawe

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