January 24, 2021
Why do such incompetent people so often get to be leaders over others?
By Robert Arvay
Some memories, seemingly trivial, tend to stay with one for a lifetime. More than sixty-five years later, I still remember Billy E.
We were in elementary school. On the playground, the girls would go off to one side, the boys to the other (girls were yucky, after all). I have no idea what the girls did, but the boys often played army. Billy E. organized about ten or twelve of the boys into a cavalry platoon, and off they rode on their imaginary horses, double file, following Billy. He would signal column left, and, amazingly, the boys would execute a column left, just as Billy had taught them.
I, and one or two others, did not join Billy's army, but we watched in admiration as he led. For my part, I wanted to be like Billy, so I attempted to recruit my own followers. The other boys ignored me, except for one, who said he would rather follow Billy.
After elementary school, my family moved away, and I lost contact with Billy. Over the years, I expected that I would hear about him, as he became a politician, a military officer, or a Fortune 500 CEO. I heard about him only once, during a chance encounter with a former classmate. It seems that Billy had led an obscure life, apparently at a low-wage, dead-end job (I can't be certain). His impressive leadership qualities had never met my expectations in adulthood.
It brings to mind the question: why do some people become well known leaders, while others do not?
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