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title: What I think about leadership and work
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This goes to my dear friend [FS](http://www.openquest.pt) who has helped me a
lot today. Thank you for your example.

I have (re)discovered that not everyone is meant to be a leader. The worst
thing I have concluded is that the actual leaders shouldn't be leaders at all
because they just don't know how to lead people the right way.

* Bad leaders don't actually consider people as such: they call them
  _resources_. Honestly I don't feel like I'm an object. What can be more
  unmotivating than being treated as _something_, not _someone_?
* Bad leaders don't care of what you think, they just want to see the job done.
  I'm not against wanting the job done but I believe we deserve to feel good
  while doing our work. **Work is not supposed to be a sacrifice, it's supposed
  to be a joyful way to serve people.**
* Bad leaders don't teach, they criticize and even when they do they do it
  wrong. Try and think of God or who/whatever serves you as a perfect example
  of a loving teacher. I'm sure much of the disappointments would fade away.
* Bad leaders think they know all and think we can do all. That's a huge
  difference between realizing someone's potential is good and showing trust on
  her work.

There would be a lot more bad attitudes I could point out, you can simply
imagine one bad boss you've had (or you still do) and all the bad things they
did to you.

I want to assure you my will is to release society from wrong principles of
professionalism and misconceptions of professional etiquette. If someone says
you should not be yourself at work then something is definitely wrong. Of
course you can actually be doing something wrong; in that case, I advice you to
look over yourself and get over some big faults of yours. But if you strongly
believe you are a nice person and if you realize your social life is quite
rewarding then fear not and stand up for your valiant principles of innocence
and truth.

I stand up for a pleasant way of working and for better leadership.