This Is What Leaders | On Handling Haters

<p>After a long line of incompetence, after a long chain of excuses, after a series of failures, the Union cause finally turned around when General Ulysses S. Grant took command. Other generals had focused on pomp and circumstance, they had been anxious and defensive, they claimed they didn’t have the resources or troops they needed.</p><p>As the great historian Bruce Catton wrote in <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/war17?_pos=1&amp;_sid=68f570e66&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Hallowed Ground</em></a>, “when Grant showed up things began to happen.” It didn’t matter if he was in charge of a small army or a big one, <a href="https://dailystoic.com/leadership/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">he was a <em>leader</em> and when leaders arrive, they make a difference</a>.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's reading from the Daily Stoic Journal, Ryan explains why it's so important to remember the idea that "hurt people hurt people" when thinking about how to respond to haters.</p><p>💪 Visit <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/leadership" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">store.dailystoic.com/pages/leadership</a> to sign up for in the Daily Stoic Leadership Challenge before September 25th.</p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a