Lee's Lessons-3

•An effective leader is an effective administrator. Finish the day's work in the day allotted, maitain an orderly camp (or more likely, office),and while sharing, "the hard task and the common fare" of one's subordinates and adding on top of it the responsibilities of paperwork and supervision, make time for rest,recreation and reflection. This is not wasted but time restored.

•A leader knows that " men's passions forge their fetters." A leader controls his passions and his appetites;they do not control him.

•A leader is free to act so far as he is free from debt. A leader keeps his objectives consistent with his means.

•A good leader is first a good subordinate. Leadership must be earned.

•A leader must be decisive- his decisions a fulfillment of his duty,vision and experience. "Lee was thorough man of business, quick to decision, yet methodical in all he did. He knew what he wanted.He knew what an army should be."

•A good leader is humble.He guards against ego distorting his vision . A leader has to achieve his army's or his business's or his team's goals, not his private ones. A leader's role is one of service.

•A leader focuses his subordinates on thier common goal and inspires them by his own devotion to achieving it.

•A leader orders hard work and enforces necessary discipline but doesn't suffocate his subordinates'initiative or spirit.His goal is assembling a "voluntary association of gentlemen or ganized for the sole business" of his enterprise.