Building Intellectual Wealth & Capacity

Issue #0008 October 16th 2019

Wealth Matters focal point today: Our intellectual wealth is the cornerstone of our leadership ability and improving the net results of our leadership capabilities requires physical and mental endurance, attention, and an increased capacity to learn.

Intellectual Wealth IS the foundation of leadership

Guest Post: Chet Snook

Managers do things right. Leaders do the right things. Being a leader means communicating to those around us their worth, goodness, and potential with such clarity that they begin to believe it themselves.

Nowhere is this more important than in our families. This is an area where I fell short. The bald eagle teaches her eagles to fly in the following manner. She grabs each one out of the nest, soars up to a predetermined height, and lets it go. She circles around above and watches. If she sees definite struggle with the concept of flying, she swoops down, grabs them again, and repeats the process. This goes on until they can fly on their own.

One of the shortcomings …