Mao's weakness as an economic planner is the main reason why the Great Leap Forward failed to the extent that Mao never listen to his people properly. An excerpt from A Reinterpretation p 125 by Lee Feigon stated, "Lower-level officials anxious to show results exaggerated their figures, fueling the enthusiasm of higher-level officials who raised targets still higher in a vicious cycle." Mao's inability to listen and give positive feedbacks to his people can be seen clearly in this excerpt. In the psychological view, his people get so nervous about him being mad thus they couldn't tell him what is actually happening now. On Chinese Poster.net, "Some leaders, including Chen Yun, started to express cautious warnings about the results of this "fever in the brain" which held China in its sway, while the more radical officials continued to proclaim imaginary victories in production." One can see that only a few local leaders actually noticed and reacted on the result, however, most of other officials just continuing to pretend there was plentiful harvest. This showed that Mao's pressure toward local officials were extremely big. Thus, Mao's inability to listen to his people led to Great Leap Forward's failure.
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