Control or lack thereof (Part 3)

You know what's funny? When someone takes your idea, and passes it off as their own. It's like intellectual plagiarism. For example, I said something today, you know, just a nice little announcement to tell people something. As soon as I said that, the leader of our group thingy says basically the EXACT same thing. Of course, it was with more force, but still, it was my idea, and that person was usurping the power.

Now, power isn't always the greatest thing. I just read the Lord of the Flies, and that book is all about power being a bad thing, and the struggle for power. And I don't want to get into arguments with people over who has power. But when you blatantly take an idea that was someone else's, and you make it seem your own, when it's completely obvious who was the first to come up with the idea is just infuriating. I can't help but think some people need to be the biggest people in the room. It actually reminds me of a Machinima App commercial. Not the greatest commercial, but funny nonetheless. But back to my point, some people need to be the biggest people in the room, and therefore try to overshadow other's and their accomplishments as well.

We were having a leadership meeting in YIG and I was talking about how one of the bad leaders I knew tended to take all the credit for themselves, but also tried to dodge the blame once things went south. This is just sickening. One of the most important responsibilities of being a leader is being able to take responsibility, whether good or bad. But when it's good responsibility, share the wealth. If it's bad responsibility, take the blame. Sure, you might be sacked, but it's about gaining respect, and doing the right thing. If the only thing you can do is be an egotistical person, what good are you? People need to learn to be less selfish, and more unselfish. Look at politics. Everyone thinks they are right. And everyone else is wrong. See something wrong with this mindset? Our politicians can't even AGREE with each other anymore. We're so egotistical that bartering and walking over the aisle is like equal to getting the Black Plague. JUST SO MUCH RAGE!!!!!

Ok, that was all. Hope you have a great night.

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