roller. Leaders are often called upon to take a certain amount of legitimate, calculated risk. But a good leader never makes a decision that is a pure gamble. Wise leaders don’t wager with their people. They don’t subject their people to unnecessary hazards. Paul’s advice was good judgment. By spurning it, the crew and the soldiers were gambling with everyone’s lives. They were literally casting their fate to the wind, trusting blind luck that everything would turn out okay. That is not wise leadership.