First, I'm sad to see that Harold Ramis has died. He was funny. But he suffered a terrible, painful disease for 4 years. But it's a reminder that even good people can die.
So I'm writing a book (or books, don't ask, it's complicated) and I was talking about it to my wife and I said of the three topics in the book the Leadership part doesn't fit with the other two (my life and Depression). I said "No one who wants to read about Leadership wants to read about my crappy life or about Depression. Then I had a profound thought: Being a leader and understanding Leadership principles are easier for me because of my Depression.
People with Depression need to have ways to deal with it on a daily basis. I call these ways of dealing tools and when I talk about the many ways that I have to battle my Depression I call it my tool box. One of the tools that I have in my tool box involves looking inside of myself and being accepting of who I am. I have weaknesses and strengths just like everyone else. I'm overweight, I have a hard time being motivated, I have difficulties dealing with people on a personal basis. But I do the best I can, I try to be helpful to other people, I try to always be a better person than I was yesterday.
And I think that being true to who you are and understanding those strengths and weaknesses are important to being a true leader. Someone the other day said to me that I was not being very positive and that I was doing a lot of negative type talking. Well I looked at myself and realized that she was absolutely correct. I am secure enough in myself to be able to see when I am wrong. And therefore I've been trying to correct this behavior.
So I think that there is a connection between Depression and Leadership. But I still don't think anyone would want to read about my crappy life (I'm still working on that positive thing).
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