As a diamond requires 3 properties to form, a leader is also formed by 3 properties. This from former Army Chief of Staff, General Edward C. Meyer:
“Just as the diamond requires three properties for its formation — carbon, heat, and pressure — successful leaders require the interaction of three properties — character, knowledge, and application.
Like carbon to the diamond, character is the basic quality of the leader. But as carbon alone does not create a diamond, neither can character alone create a leader.
The diamond needs heat. Man needs knowledge, study, and preparation.
The third property, pressure — acting in conjunction with carbon and heat — forms the diamond. Similarly, one’s character, attended by knowledge, blooms through application to produce a leader.”
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