The Daily Dick: A Study in Leadership
"The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them, till they are left living on with half a heart and half a lung." The Study: Leaders should not allow the perception of past hurts to linger. Good leaders should recognize that suffering is a part of the world and move forward with a heart ready to ease the suffering of others - use their power to help, not harm. In the passage above, Melville
The Daily Dick: A Study in Leadership
From Moby-Dick: "Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler form." The Study: In the lines above, Ishmael recalls the aftermath of Ahab's lost leg. Ahab was crazed. The sailors tied him to his bed as he raged in pain and anger at the whale and his injury and the world. Then, suddenly, Ahab recovered. He assumed his leadership position. Still, his madness had transformed into
