Back in the day I got bawled out by my deputy division director for cursing at an employee. I deserved it. I think it was that conversation where he discussed a fellow branch chief. Lou was a WWII vet, whose ship IIRC had been sunk on D-Day. He was a voluble guy, loud and boisterous with a temper. But Bob pointed to him as a good leader, simply because he was consistently Lou. His employees and those who dealt with him knew, at least after the initial getting-to-know-you, that what you saw was what you got, no surprises. I needed that, to be consistent. (Not sure I ever achieved that.)
I think of that lesson from time to time, never more these days when considering our President. His approval rating on dealing with the pandemic has not been good. Meanwhile some of our governors have very good ratings, particularly Gov. Cuomo. I don't follow him closely, but it seems to me his record of decision-making hasn't been all that great. I account for the difference in ratings between him and Trump by consistency by the one and inconsistency by the other.
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