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William Deresiewicz cautions West Point cadets on being too agreeable, the dangers of bureaucracy.

“So what I saw around me were great kids who had been trained to be world-class hoop jumpers. Any goal you set them, they could achieve. Any test you gave them, they could pass with flying colors. They were, as one of them put it herself, ‘excellent sheep.’” Solitude and Leadership
If you want others to follow, learn to be alone with your thoughts.

http://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/

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