How to be brave - know full value of doing right things.

Doing what is right sometimes is fraught with difficulties.

Sometimes, it is hard.

Sometimes, it displeases some people.

Sometimes, you have to go against the grain.

The 3rd commandment of leadership says "Be Brave" as explained in this other article.

Long time ago, one of our best developers got in real trouble with the CEO of the company I worked in. The developer said something truthful at the all-hands meeting which nonetheless made the CEO really angry.

The employee was in danger of getting fired.

My manager put up a defense for him.

Someone told my manager, "Why are you defending your developer, he is a liability to you".

In the end, the manager saved the employee from getting fired, though at expense of a his own relationship with the CEO.

Years later, I bumped into the manager and told him how inspirational his bravery was to me.

He said - this was not bravery, in fact, he said, he was scared of losing his own job.

But he added - he overcame his fears to do what is right. He said:

"Bravery happens when we know the real value of doing right things, and the full price of doing wrong ones".

He said that if he did not defend the employee, he would not be able to look himself in the mirror.

Do the right thing, whenever possible. It is always possible.

The book of life has no scrap pages, write with care.

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