The higher a leader rises, the greater the responsibility and the fewer the rights.
Those who take on leadership for power, wealth, or recognition lead the organization down dangerous paths – accompanied by scandal, turnover, failure, and corruption.
What the Law of Sacrifice means
Lasting success comes only to those willing to make personal sacrifices for the good of the organization and to give certain things up.
Can a leader expect overtime or canceled vacations if they aren’t willing to do the same? Their job is to model dedication.
What the Law of Sacrifice looks like in practice
Seven children and the top of the EU Commission
Ursula von der Leyen first worked as a physician and entered politics relatively late. As a mother of seven and later the first woman to lead the EU Commission, she gave up much of her personal time and privacy.
36 years to cut a canal through the mountains
To bring water to his village of Caowangba, Huang Dafa went back to study hydraulic engineering at 53. Even when his sister and grandson died, he stayed at his post – in 1995 water finally flowed through almost 10 km of canal.
What the animation shows
Whoever climbs leaves something behind on every step. Only those who let go reach the top.
