Odysseus and Walt Disney are some of the greatest leaders in history, and are very successful in their efforts. Over the course of their lives they showed what it meant to be leaders; They were both very accomplished and experienced in their prime. Even though both were great leaders they had bad moments as well. While Walt Disney and Odysseus both exhibit the quality of determination like a leader, they are also are different because Odysseus exhibits hubris, while Disney wanted to bond with his team unlike Odysseus. Odysseus is similar to Walt Disney because when they are put on a task or are trying to complete one they are very determined to achieve their objective. Odysseus shows this when he does not give up on his journey home, Walt
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Odysseus shows extreme hubris when he defeated the cyclops. Walt is different, Walt created the Beautiful theme park Disney and he didn’t brag or think he was better than others. When Odysseus was fighting Polyphemus he had already beat him and embarrassed him. During the battle Odysseus completely destroys Polyphemus’s eye and brags about it, “[Odysseus] called back with another burst of anger, “Cyclops if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you say Odysseus, raider of cities, he gouged out your eye Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithaca” (Fages IX. 558-562). Odysseus could have stayed calm and left without saying anything and protected his kleos, but he portrayed hubris and told his name that almost got him killed by Polyphemus’s father. Odysseus was just like the suitors being brazen back in Ithaca. Walt did not take all the credit for the ideas that Disney creates. He believed that good ideas come from everyone, “One morning while [Walt was] visiting his first theme park, Disneyland, Walt invited some third-shift maintenance workers to drop what they were doing and join him for a chat. When their manager found them talking with Walt, he asked Walt if he could have them back to finish their work before the park opened. As they went back to their assignments, the manager felt compelled to ask Walt why he was …show more content…
We see that Odysseus does not have bonds or relationships with his team when they open Odysseus bag of wind and puts them off course to Ithaca. Walt does show that he has bonds and relationships when he trusts his team with money for their
Odysseus shows extreme hubris when he defeated the cyclops. Walt is different, Walt created the Beautiful theme park Disney and he didn’t brag or think he was better than others. When Odysseus was fighting Polyphemus he had already beat him and embarrassed him. During the battle Odysseus completely destroys Polyphemus’s eye and brags about it, “[Odysseus] called back with another burst of anger, “Cyclops if any man on the face of the earth should ask you who blinded you, shamed you say Odysseus, raider of cities, he gouged out your eye Laertes’ son who makes his home in Ithaca” (Fages IX. 558-562). Odysseus could have stayed calm and left without saying anything and protected his kleos, but he portrayed hubris and told his name that almost got him killed by Polyphemus’s father. Odysseus was just like the suitors being brazen back in Ithaca. Walt did not take all the credit for the ideas that Disney creates. He believed that good ideas come from everyone, “One morning while [Walt was] visiting his first theme park, Disneyland, Walt invited some third-shift maintenance workers to drop what they were doing and join him for a chat. When their manager found them talking with Walt, he asked Walt if he could have them back to finish their work before the park opened. As they went back to their assignments, the manager felt compelled to ask Walt why he was …show more content…
We see that Odysseus does not have bonds or relationships with his team when they open Odysseus bag of wind and puts them off course to Ithaca. Walt does show that he has bonds and relationships when he trusts his team with money for their