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Confucius has a message for business leaders who want to succeed: reflect

  • Written by Khatera Sahibzada, Adjunct Lecturer of Leadership, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Confucius has a message for business leaders who want to succeed: reflectConfucius deemed reflection the best way to wisdom.CC BY-NC-ND

One of the most admirable and arguably underrated qualities of leadership is the capacity for reflection. Confucius called it the most noble way to learn wisdom.

But when we talk about what makes someone a successful leader, we typically describe attributes like the ability to innovate,...

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