Comment by Ahmed_Amine_Ramdani on To Lead, You Must Stand Up · 2013-05-31T00:30:25.590Z · LW · GW

EY, would you believe that my social life has greatly benefited from my pulling exactly this kind of stunt on a regular basis, and that HPJEV's example was a huge influence towards that?

Also, from now on, I'll be posting under my own name on LW.

Counterpoint to your post; the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. Leading and standing out means painting oneself as a target; so one needs to make sure that one's followers have one's back when it really counts. Even then, it might not be enough.