Failure of Succession

Don’t let ego get in the way

General George Washington Resigning His Commission by John Trumbull, Architect of the Capitol, 1817 (public domain - Wikpedia)

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” — Lord Acton, 1887

We all have a finite amount of time on this earth.

And an even more limited time in our jobs, despite a possible desire to remain on longer.

Once…