Napoleon Hill
THE PENALTY OF LEADERSHIP
(With the compliments of the Cadillac Motor Car Co.)
In every field of human endeavor, he that is first must perpetually live
in the white light of publicity. Whether the leadership be vested in a
man or in a manufactured product, emulation and envy are ever at
work.
In art, in literature, in music, in industry, the reward and the
punishment are always the same. The reward is widespread
recognition; the punishments fierce denial and detraction.
When a man's work becomes a standard for the whole world, it also becomes a target for the shafts of the envious few. If his work be merely mediocre, he will be left severely alone - if he achieve a masterpiece, it will set a million tongues a-wagging. Jealousy does not protrude its forked tongue at the artist who pro