[KenWittlief]

The basis of the story is correct, you need to be willing to start at the bottom and embrace the most demeaning jobs if you want to be a leader.

I saw a video about a man who wanted to help out a neighbor - his neighbor was a crazy old hermit who lived alone, acted bizzare, and everyone in the area was afraid of him. The man decided to befriend this outcast.

Long story => short the neighbor was mentally ill and really did need help. Over a period of sevearl months he helped him in many ways, getting him to take showers, buying him new clothes, taking him to get his haircut, cleaning up his house for him...

the connection here was the day he decided to clean his bathroom for him, and was face to face with a toilet that had not been cleaned in 10 years. That was the real test - that was the point where he almost threw up his hands and said "screw it!"

But once he got past it - everything else was easy. With his help the hermit got the medication he needed, the human connection he needed, and instead of being that weird old guy who lives on the corner, he was transformed into an accepted and respected elderly member of the neighborhood.