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		<title>By: Ray Vellest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with your perspective about the differences in between &quot;arrogance&quot; and &quot;confidence&quot;, and there&#039;s no doubt the latter demonstrate a much wiser character. But from my perspective, we live in a world where &quot;the people&quot; seems to value the former.

A leader, whoever may be and whatever position it may hold, will always need to demonstrate a certain level of certainty to those who follow. A follower, mostly pushed by the social pressure of acceptance, will tend to approve a message that&#039;s approved by many of its peers, resulting in the brainless absurdity that I call &quot;the people&quot;.

With that said, &quot;The people&quot; will have serious difficulties to accept any leader, that in a wise attitude, acknowledge the world is grey rather than black and white. Bearing in mind that leaders are only leaders with the support of &quot;the people&quot;, many leaders see &quot;arrogance&quot; as what allows them to achieve their goals.

On the other hand, a leader is also in a excellent position to educate &quot;the people&quot; into the myriad of possibilities to consider, and while this is no easy task, is pretty possible. Actually, some of the greatest improvements in this world was the result of leaders beyond their time, seeing the world beyond duality.

I would love to live in a world where each single individual is capable of reasoning, and understands that we don&#039;t live in a binary world. Actually, that would make my life much easier, so I&#039;m with you on that one. Until this time comes, I&#039;ll keep writing.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with your perspective about the differences in between &#8220;arrogance&#8221; and &#8220;confidence&#8221;, and there&#8217;s no doubt the latter demonstrate a much wiser character. But from my perspective, we live in a world where &#8220;the people&#8221; seems to value the former.</p>
<p>A leader, whoever may be and whatever position it may hold, will always need to demonstrate a certain level of certainty to those who follow. A follower, mostly pushed by the social pressure of acceptance, will tend to approve a message that&#8217;s approved by many of its peers, resulting in the brainless absurdity that I call &#8220;the people&#8221;.</p>
<p>With that said, &#8220;The people&#8221; will have serious difficulties to accept any leader, that in a wise attitude, acknowledge the world is grey rather than black and white. Bearing in mind that leaders are only leaders with the support of &#8220;the people&#8221;, many leaders see &#8220;arrogance&#8221; as what allows them to achieve their goals.</p>
<p>On the other hand, a leader is also in a excellent position to educate &#8220;the people&#8221; into the myriad of possibilities to consider, and while this is no easy task, is pretty possible. Actually, some of the greatest improvements in this world was the result of leaders beyond their time, seeing the world beyond duality.</p>
<p>I would love to live in a world where each single individual is capable of reasoning, and understands that we don&#8217;t live in a binary world. Actually, that would make my life much easier, so I&#8217;m with you on that one. Until this time comes, I&#8217;ll keep writing.</p>
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