Thomas, thanks for your contribution here!  I'm just cattching up and responding in order.  I'm smiling as I believe an earlier response I made to Wally is similar in tone to what you're saying.

You bring up a great point, too, which I appreciate.  I should have taken my blog post one step further.  By doing the right thing, you typically will get "followers."  And then, indeed, you have become a leader.