Answer:
Empathy
We often hear that behind every great man, there is a great woman.
In the case of Abraham Lincoln (we’ll call him Abe thereafter), the 16th US President, there were two – his birth mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln who passed away when Abe was nine, and his stepmother Sarah Bush Lincoln. History has shown that these two women played crucial roles during Abe’s developmental years. It enabled the unassuming, self-taught gawky lawyer from Illinois to become one of the greatest presidents of the US, remembered for his extraordinary character traits – honesty, resilience, integrity and empathy. Sarah Bush, in particular, was said to have dressed young Abe up to ‘look more human’ when she was brought into the family’s unprivileged living conditions, according to Jeff Oppenheimer, author of That Nation Might Live: One Afternoon with Lincoln’s Stepmother. Under Sarah’s motherly care, Abe developed a great hunger to read all the books he could get his hands on. It showed in his later years of leadership, as he communicated some of these ideals he had read before through his well-known oratory skills. She also helped Abe develop a feminine touch as an empathetic listener. It was a ‘rare’ soft skill back in his day, especially as a political leader, which eventually served Abe well in his position as a president.
Working with his core team – who initially hated each other – he turned his political rivals into allies and earned their utmost respect for him as the commander-in-chief who listened to other people’s point of views, before he made decision for the country.
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