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2024-11-16 | ๐ค Qualities ๐ฅ
๐ค Whatโs the most valuable quality a person can have?
- ๐ง Intelligence is nice
- ๐ค but it doesnโt get things done on its own
- โ๏ธ and difference can breed violence. ๐ Too much intelligence can lead to bullying, for example.
- โค๏ธ Kindness is nice
- ๐ฅฐ literally
- ๐ and it tends to be infectious, which is even better
- ๐ but its value is still context dependent
- ๐จ all the kindness in the world may not help during a mugging
- ๐คธ Flexibility
- โ๏ธ is useful in many contexts
- ๐ด but itโs passive
- ๐ Adaptability
- ๐ช seems like flexibility with an active component
- ๐งฌ it is the trait that chases survival in evolution
- ๐ฅ but is survival all we can hope for?
- ๐จ Creativity
- โจ allows us to do more than adapt to our environment
- ๐ we can envision a better world and work to create it
- ๐ญ but many creative individuals working on their own may have different visions, which may produce conflict
- ๐ค Collaborativity
- ๐๏ธ resolves the potential conflict when multiple people create
- ๐จ but building together doesnโt necessarily mean building good things together
- ๐งญ Leadership
- ๐จโโ๏ธ is like guiding a collaborative effort
- โ but how do you ensure youโre leading in a good direction?
It feels like these qualities may combine to form a latticeโฆ๐ธ๏ธ
flowchart Intelligence --> Creativity Industry --> Creativity Communication --> Cooperation Creativity --> Collaboration Empathy --> Cooperation Flexibility --> Cooperation Cooperation --> Collaboration Reliability --> Cooperation Influence --> Leadership Collaboration --> Leadership Judgement --> Wisdom --> ? Leadership --> ? Benevolence --> ?
Note: this graph is definitely not complete. Just a partial, initial, quick sketch of an idea
๐ค Is there a word for wise, benevolent leadership?