The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
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I don't think leadership demands 'yes' or 'no' answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.
'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.
When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.
But our leaders of today have decided it's more important to be popular, to say and do what's easy, and say yes rather than to say no, when no is what is required.
Saying 'yes' to one thing means saying 'no' to another. That's why decisions can be hard sometimes.
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.
Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.
Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.
I have the philosophy of yes. If anybody asks me to do a job, I say, 'Yes.' I've said yes to everything.