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Williams shakespeare wrote several years ago that 'some men are born great;some archieve greatness;while some have greatness thrust upon them.This is a convenient point for kickstarting our discussion.
There have been arguments on the source of leadership skills just like greatness.Some believe that leaders are born with their DNA lined with the art of leadership.Others believe that leadership is attained by the aquisition of a variety of skills and some other people believe that leadership is stumbled upon.Thoughts,time and experience have revealed to us that leadership may not be pinned on any of these singular views.Some people are born with great leadership intuition.Others have to work hard to develop and hone it.But either way it evolves,the result is a combination of natural ability and learned skills.One of those abilities and skills is intuition.
Intuition,which is the ability to know the path to take from a point where three paths meet,having not taken the routes before.Intuition which I choose to refer to as 'HIDDEN SIGHT' helps leaders become readers of the numerous intangibles of leadership.If you have followed this series,the question in your heart by now should be 'What has this got to do with investing? Let me quickly follow that by noting that intuition makes leaders to be readers of trends and trends is about much of taking investment decisions.Everything that happens around us does so in the context of a bigger picture.Leaders have the ability to step back from what is happening at the moment and see not only where they have gone,but also where they are headed in the future.
Because leadership permeates everything you do,you can begin to consider investing in this context.If you are caught in a web,you don't say you've lost all your investments,gotten your hands burnt and you are a loser.Your leadership abilities make you see beyond now and restrategize for better results.It's as if you can smell change in the wind and follow it through.
To me,of profound importance is the fact that leaders are matters of their resources.A major difference between mere achievers and leader is the way they see resource.Successful individuals think in terms of what they can do.Successful leaders,on the other hand,see every situation in terms of available resources:money,raw materials,technology and most importantly,people.They never forget that people are their greatest asset.For example,you may have all the money in the world to invest with,you can only be successful if you tap the wisdom of people that know how to go about it.Otherwise,you will lose that money in exchange for wisdom ultimately.Leaders are readers of themselves.Good leaders develop the ability to read themselves:their strenghts,skills,weaknesses,and current state of mind.They recognize the truth that no one can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.There is no doubt that who you are,dictates what you see.To further illustrate this,let me share the tale of two men.
Mark and his friend Beck was vacationing with their family at a small lake community in the woods.As the two men sat on the porch of their cabin overlooking the lake and miles of beautiful forest,they started to talk.
And Mark said to Beck:I'll tell you what I look out there.........I see the underdeveloped resources of three states.I see a syndicate development consortium exploiting over a billion and a half dollars in forest products.I see a paper mill .........Now I ask you,what do you see?.I just see trees,answered Beck.Well says Mark,'Nobody ever accused you of having a grand vision.
Beck saw trees because he was there to enjoy the scenery.Mark saw opportunity because he had a developed mind with the ability to turn intagibility to tangible.How you see the world around you is determined by who you are.Leadership is really more of art than science.The principles of leadership are constant but the application changes with every leader and every situation.That's why it requires intuition.Without it,you can get blindsided,and that's one of the worst things that can happen to a leader.If you want to lead long,you've got to obey the law of hidden sight.That means you need numerous experience and that can only come by numerous activities and actions in your endeavours.If you believe it,you can become it.