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Qualities of Visionaries
Visionaries ‘see’ the future before anybody else does
Recently I spent a few hours in one room with a highly visionary entrepreneur.
Frequently, I seek the company of visionary leaders because they’re a breath of fresh air in a world where target-driven managers dominate.
A visionary’s biggest asset is the belief that the world can be manufactured. Visionaries often see a new reality right before them like it’s already there.
Henri Ford saw a motorized vehicle on four wheels when other people believed that horse and carriage would never disappear.
Steve Jobs saw kids navigating a tablet with their fingers. Remember also the reactions of many that using our fingers to operate our electronic devices was an outrageous idea.
So here we are…
What I like most about those visionary leaders is that they just seem to be thinking differently.
They get excited when they smell that the majority is going in a direction that’s not theirs.
They love challenging the status quo.
They’re willing to stick their neck out, ready to have their heads chopped off.
It just hardly ever happens.
