Seeming & Being a Leader The majority of the leadership books and courses are concerned with how to seem like you are a leader rather than how to actually be a leader. Thus, they speak about popularity to an ingroup, body language, framing, and histrionics (i.e. pretending). Implicitly, they assume that man is a superficial being rather than a reasoned & loving social being. In actuality, what makes a leader is the commitment to Human Progress, being a moral person, and using/applying reason to the five aspects of life and dominating in them; philosophy, love, finance, health, & social. How...