Leader or Terrorist You only have as much influence in people’s life as they have value for you. Anytime you are trying to have more influence in someone’s life than they have value for you; you, will be manipulating them. Value is favor, and favor is influence, and influence is the power to change someone’s mind. Consequently, favor is the social currency of society; the drawbridge to trust. Trust is the foundation upon which every healthy relationship is built. This is the ecosystem of great leadership! But what some people call leadership is actually drivership; forcing your will on another through fear, violence or manipulation. If the only reason people listen to you is because they fear you; you are not a leader; you are a terrorist.
