Law of Success (21st Century Edition)

(^340) THE PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL POWER
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THE CHARACTER OF
A GREAT LEADER
During the world war, I was fortunate enough to listen to a great
soldier's analysis of how to be a leader. This analysis was given to the
student officers of the Second Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, by
Major C. A. Bach, a quiet, unassuming army officer acting as an in-
structor. I have preserved a copy of this address because I believe it to
be one of the finest lessons on Leadership ever recorded.
The wisdom of Major Bach's address is so vital to the business-
person aspiring to Leadership, or to the section boss, or to the clerk, or
to the foreman of the shop, or to the president of the company, that I
have preserved it as a part of this course. It is my earnest hope that this
remarkable dissertation on Leadership will find its way into the hands of
every employer and every worker and every ambitious person who aspires
to Leadership in any walk of life. The principles upon which the address
is based are as applicable to Leadership in business and industry and
finance as they are in the successful conduct of warfare. Major Bach
spoke as follows:
In a short time each of you men will control the lives of a
certain number of other men. You will have in your charge
loyal but untrained citizens, who look to you for instruction
and guidance. Your word will be their law. Your most casual
remark will be remembered. Your mannerisms will be aped.