I am an Anarchist. Not a "Libertarian" or a "Galtist" but an Anarchist.

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86. Quakers are leaderless

As Clerk, I facilitate the group in our search for unity in the things we do as a group. In the larger world I am a boss, the two things can verge on being the same.

In the Meeting I can serve as Clerk because I do not seek control over the outcome. This takes more than having an agenda and hiding it, it actually requires not having an agenda, simply listening, and asking questions only to clarify for yourself and others.

As a boss I empowered staff to take control of the outcome. This works because it engages their minds and usually engenders cooperation, because all are more effective thorugh cooperation. Reality enforces itself over time, there is no need to help. Over time the need to be a "boss" in the formal sense dissolves because everyone assumes the role. The only problem I have had with the approach is upward, because I don't regularly flog the staff, they wonder what I am doing to "supervise". The fact that the group is very productive and seemingly happy compensates, but only so far.

I don't actually care too much about what those upward of me think, something which certainly has limited my progress in the career, but treating those I work with justly makes up for that.