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“If you are indulgent but unable to make your authority felt, your soldiers must be likened to spoilt children; they are useless.”
Sun Tzu · The Art of War · Chapter 10: Terrain
Care without authority spoils.
What it means

Affection without enforceable authority produces useless dependence; both must coexist.

Use it todayPair your care with a boundary you will actually enforce.
Today’s questionAm I spoiling the team with care that has no backbone?
#balance#authority#discipline
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