Leadership...being set up to fail.

A close friend of mine used to be a retained Fire Fighter.
Retained, in so much that he would be on call whenever he was not doing his regular job that provided for himself and his family. A good bloke then, offering help and skills he had acquired through hard training  to the community in his time off between his shift work.

He has since however, resigned from his firefighting position. You see, he has morals and integrity and being surrounded by Liars didnt sit well with him. Being set up to fail, didn't sit well with him and working under seniors with no integrity didn't sit well with him.

The Sagi Makiwara
Will not set you up to fail
But failing is an option 

When those in charge or even those who are your peers, can not be sincere with those they lead or work along side then the outcome is always inevitable.

Poor leadership stems from poor character, crappy values and inner weakness and is fuelled by large egos.

But in the same token people only have authority over you if you give it to them.
Where the loss occurs is when someone who has been an asset walks away from something that, at it's core is good.

I found myself in a similar position regarding Karate not all that long ago which gave rise for me to assess my situation.
I was at a Gasshuku where a fellow student set me up to fail.....asking a question of which I wasn't quite certain of the answer....
Long story short....I found out later that he knew of that of which he had asked...so he was testing me and my response. I didn't fail per sey because I didn't give any kind of definitive answer.
Now having my awareness for such behavior on Red alert I also began to notice " double standards"  too, from so called seniors no less....ummm.

Me and ' Groot' ...
No ego from GROOT
He's just quite simply... hard...

I really don't like this kind of behaviour and from that moment on the other guy and myself were done.

I've been in the situation before and I'm not too sure what kind of kick or advantage the other person's perceives that they get.....a power trip, maybe? .
It even happened at work the other day, though the circumstances were different the end result the same.....

Setting someone up to fail, to me at least, shows really poor character, it also shows an inner weakness and a very big ego.
It also has no place in a Karate Dojo......or at your place of work, for that matter.
It's something I don't miss about training in groups... that one person who quite simply " doesn't get it" ...

More of my SINCERE  Karate Training Partners.....
They lead....I listen... though
I sometimes miss the point 

Karate-do that is to say the way of karate, needs to be conducted with sincerity, integrity and honesty. All things that are free to anyone.
That so many can't even find these things within themselves to live their lives by, or in the leadership of others is really sad and far from constructive in this Karatekas opinion.
But as I said, others only have authority over you if you give it to them......