The Paradox of Power
Chapter One
PARADOX 1
A Visionary Leader Sees What Is Not There
Ted W. Engstrom, president emeritus of World Vision, tells the story
of a friend who took his little daughter on a cruise to Catalina
Island, off the coast of Southern California. It was a beautiful,
clear day, and the air was as transparent as crystal all the way to
the horizon. As the little girl looked out over the blue Pacific,
she called out, "Daddy! I can look farther than my eyes can see!"
That little girl didn't know it, but she was describing a
paradoxical quality every great leader has. Vision is the ability to
see farther than the eye can see, the ability to see what isn't
there. Only by seeing what is not there can you bring something new,
creative, and exciting into existence. One of former senator Bill
Bradley's heroes was President Woodrow Wilson. Bradley felt Wilson
had this ability to see around the corners, to see the fu ... read full excerpt from The Paradox of Power ebook
