#14: The unpopular position of being a Leader

Why being a Leader means, sometimes, making difficult decisions

Hey friends,

In this edition, I talk about:

• why leaders aren’t that popular

• Musk’s new AI company

• 3 posts I liked

• 15 leadership lessons from Disney’s CEO

• a quote about aesthetics

1/ Why leaders aren’t that popular

I got the idea for this short essay after a LinkedIn post written by my friend Antonio Reza went viral.

The post was apologetic about the former General Electric CEO, Jack Welch. Widely considered one of the best leaders of the 20th century, it seems Jack is also a controversial figure, as many people have commented about the bad decisions he made.

And I saw this by myself, writing a Twitter thread about another great CEO (in my opinion), Bob Iger, and there were a lot of people disagreeing on this matter as well.

And that’s ok; for sure, nobody is perfect. And especially when we are thinking about people in Leadership positions.

It’s very hard to please everyone, and as you grow more and more in your career, the number of people who disagree with you will get larger.

And that is because…