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 ...
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