The Ten Essentials of Scoutmastership penned by William 'Green Bar' Hillcourt were part of the Scoutmaster's Handbook for many years.
5. A knowledge that to your boys you are Scouting. "What you are speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say!"
Boys can spot a hypocrite at a hundred yards and disingenuous pontification harms their sense of fair play. Be what you are, not some idealized concept of what you think you should be.
The finest example they can have is someone who struggles successfully against the same imperfections and disappointments they encounter in themselves. Scouts will put up with many imperfections in their Scoutmaster, and love him in spite of them. They will not give the time of day to one who pretends to be perfect.
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