Someone I admire a lot once told me "we get bad politicians because anyone who wants power so much that they’d allow the media to humiliate themselves and their

Someone I admire a lot once told me "we get bad politicians because anyone who wants power so much that they’d allow the media to humiliate themselves and their family is someone who wants power too much to use it responsibly" At the time I thought it was a really cynical thing to say but as I’ve gone along in life I’ve often seen how right he was. How people who desire power for power’s sake generally aren’t worthy of that power. That’s the category I’d put this article in. He’s basically saying "you should strive to be a leader because it makes you important." But I’d counter that by saying leaders should only lead if they see things headed in the wrong direction. If you work in an industry where you’re happy with the direction it’s going in you probably don’t need to be a leader. I guess what I'm saying is that leadership is a response to an external stimuli not an internal desire.