The Secret to Being a Better Leader: See and Hear Others

Abraham Lincoln’s rise to power was entirely unexpected — he was poor, outside the political mainstream, and lacking the connections and refinements of his political rivals. And yet he surprised his better-funded Republican counterparts to win the nomination, and would go on to lead the United States through its most divisive and polarizing crisis, to become one of our greatest presidents. “He sees all who go there, hears all they have to say, talks freely with everybody, reads whatever is written to him.”