… necesitas ser sincero con los que te siguen. Una vez que no tengas palabra, nadie creerá en tí y buscaran seguir a otro líder en quien confíen.
Esta reflexión la obtuve del personaje de Lost: Ben Linus cuando le dice a Locke que el dejaría escapar a Jack en el Submarino sólo porque le dió su palabra delante su gente y si no tiene palabra sería el fin de su liderazgo.
La Frase de Ben se encuentra en el capítulo del Hombre de Tallahassee (S3 ep. 13):
Ben: You remember earlier, John, when you called me a cheater? When you said I didn’t deserve to live on this island? Well get this. There I was, shaking hands with Jack and thinking I would give almost anything to come up with a way to stop him from leaving because to let him go would be a sign of weakness, of failure, of defeat. People would see that, they would know it, and that, John, would be the end of me. But to kill him… That would be cheating. Because my people also heard me make a promise and to break my word… that would be the end of me, too. And then you came striding out of the jungle, John, to make my dream come true.
Locke: You’re not going to start talking about the “magic box” again, are you?