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Baraka Bryan wrote:just wondering if someone could give me the wording of the quote (i think by Leto II) about how the difference between a good leader and something else is about 3 seconds or something.... thanks.

Baraka Bryan wrote:

Freakzilla wrote:

Baraka Bryan wrote:just wondering if someone could give me the wording of the quote (i think by Leto II) about how the difference between a good leader and something else is about 3 seconds or something.... thanks.

"That, too. But there's more. The difference between a good administrator and a
bad one is about five heartbeats. Good administrators make immediate choices."
"Acceptable choices?"
"They usually can be made to work. A bad administrator, on the other hand,
hesitates, diddles around, asks for committees, for research and reports.
Eventually, he acts in ways which create serious problems."
"But don't they sometimes need more information to make. . .
"A bad administrator is more concerned with reports than with decisions. He
wants the hard record which he can display as an excuse for his errors."
"And good administrators?"
"Oh, they depend on verbal orders. They never lie about what they've done if
their verbal orders cause problems, and they surround themselves with people
able to act wisely on the basis of verbal orders. Often, the most important
piece of information is that something has gone wrong. Bad administrators hide
their mistakes until it's too late to make corrections."
Leto watched her as she thought about the people who served him especially about
Moneo.
"Men of decision," she said.
"One of the hardest things for a tyrant to find," he said, "is people who
actually make decisions."

hooray for expedient answers thanks!