Well those people are <i>obviously</i> wrong :). Joking aside, point taken. One of the reasons it is important to confirm &quot;obvious&quot; things is that one person&#x27;s &quot;obvious&quot; is another person&#x27;s &quot;clearly wrong&quot;.<p>I will say that I think the reason the &quot;rudeness as a positive leadership trait&quot; thing gets so much attention is <i>because</i> most people expect it to not be the case. Non-intuitive things tend to make for better stories.