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What does it mean?
A figure of authority lacks understanding of ordinary people.
In plain terms
The doctor doesn't understand how regular people live.
What can you take from it?
Leaders must understand the people they serve.

Where it applies

  • leadership
  • medical care
  • social policy

Putting it to work

  • listen to lived experience
  • bridge knowledge gaps

Questions to consider

  • Where are you disconnected from others?
  • How can you learn their reality?

Another view

It generalizes that all authorities are disconnected.

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