The future’s bright

"The future's bright for leaders who are told, “it can’t be done” and use it as petrol, to fuel a greater intensity to succeed"

Overly optimistic nonsense or bold courageous thinking can be two very different ways of viewing a leader’s vision of the future. A leader’s ability to challenge preconceived or failing ideas and break the mould with new approaches can motivate loyalty and hard work in some. However in others it can bring out deathly cynicism, people like this thrive on killing ideas with the often-repeated mantra, “it can’t be done”.

The future is bright for leaders who after being told, “it can’t be done” use it as petrol, fuelling a greater intensity to succeed. The status quo is not a bearable option for these leaders. Their hearts and minds are able to go places most of us have never been. The fine line between changing the world and getting it hopelessly wrong is par for the course. It seems most entrepreneurs have been moulded by at least one failure, born out of risk of being prepared to break the rules as they look for alternative solutions. The successful ones are those who pick themselves up and have another go, letting failure only add to their learning curve and not a reason to give up.

Endemic fatalism that grips some of our urban population through generational unemployment and lack of hope is a great place for entrepreneurial leaders who are hard working determined and persistent. Those people who are able to see challenges as massive opportunities to make a difference. Who have the confidence to take bold initiatives and in the process are able to recruit dynamic and entrepreneurial people, who don’t go for the safe option.

The future’s bright

Overly optimistic nonsense or bold courageous thinking can be two very different ways of viewing a leader’s vision of the future. A leader’s ability to challenge preconceived or failing ideas and break the mould with new approaches can motivate loyalty and hard work in some. However in others it can bring out deathly cynicism, people like this thrive on killing ideas with the often-repeated mantra, “it can’t be done”.