Original source: http://www.theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/

This is good enough to come up multiple times.

Previous discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1476425

I wish I could vote this up more than one point. I don't believe I have any insight I can add in a short comment that would do anything but distract from the authors point.

agreed, it is a brilliant piece.

I just got started on HN recently. This weekend alone I've probably read >70 HN stories. I'm taking time I should've been studying and working to do them. This story was exactly what I needed to break that vicious cycle.

Thank you.

Wow, what a great read. Thank you. A much needed perspective from what we are used to.