The Key to Leadership

Imagine the future in vivid detail. Communicate it and head there. People will follow.

John Cousins
3 min readJan 20, 2023

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Do what you believe in. That’s the key to leadership.

Being authentic to oneself is vital to being a successful leader.

It’s the engine of a strong sense of purpose and conviction.

Imagine the future in vivid detail. Communicate it and head there. People will follow.

You need to read widely and have a convergent sense of where the future is going. Having a clear vision and direction for the organization or team is crucial.

If you haven’t read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren’t broad enough to sustain you.

Mad Dog Mattis

Multiple waves of accelerating innovation will converge, and that is where you want to direct your efforts. You don’t get lucky. You get in position.

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