📌 Great lead
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Great leaders are idealists and optimists. They overestimate what we are capable of and inspire us to believe the same.
As a Banker turned Behavioural Scientist, I've seen that:
Great leaders weaponize belief!⚡
They see 10x more in you than you currently see in yourself and then quietly refuse to lower the standard.
They “overestimate” you…
until you grow into the estimate. 📈
Because sometimes, belief has to be borrowed
before it can be built.✨
I agree—great leaders stretch the vision beyond what feels realistic.
I’ve seen that optimism pulls people to perform above their own limits.
But I think the best ones balance it with execution, not just inspiration.
The leaders who changed things never started with what was realistic.
They started with what was required.
It's true ue and that’s what makes them powerful.
The best leaders don’t just see reality, they stretch it.
They make you believe you’re capable of more before you see it yourself.
And that belief is often the turning point.
But the real magic?
They don’t just inspire big thinking they back it with action and standards.
Because optimism without direction feels good.
but optimism with execution changes lives.
An amazing leader once told me “we overestimate what we can do in one and but underestimate what we can do in 10” - the latter doesn’t happen without the former.
Vision inspires.
Standards are what make it real.
From a higher vantage point, you can see why idealism matters, it lifts people beyond their current horizon.
The hard part is sustaining that optimism when results say otherwise.
Great leaders don't just overestimate potential — they protect that belief long enough for people to catch up to it.
That’s what pulls people forward. Leaders who see more in you than you see in yourself.
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True Leadership from the heart dimension is rare. This is especially when the staff has mental health issue and trying very hard to survive.
Definitely got the optimism part down, now I just gotta work on inspiring others to believe the same
Akin to explorers, discoverers of what ‘will be’ or ‘what can be’ perhaps…
They see more in us than we see in ourselves, and that belief is what pulls us forward.
Exaclty. They need to be.
“Yeah… they aim a little higher than what seems realistic.
Not because it’s easy—
but because people tend to rise to what’s expected of them.”
Interesting point.
I often see that this kind of optimism leads to problems being addressed too late. And that’s exactly where leadership loses impact.
They see what’s possible.
Setting terrifying goals is half the fun
Absolutely. The best leaders don’t just see potential.....they help others see it too. That belief can be the difference between staying stuck and taking action.
True leaders are very rare nowadays, as everyone is in a rat race and wants to prove that they are the best. Most of the people around you want to take credit for what you do and present it as their achievement.
True leadership is the art of seeing the finish line before the track has even been built.
Hi Simon I've read your books, I find the fundamental concept of "Why" so applicable to every aspect that I use it for work & personal. But recently I feel like my idealistic trait clashes with my role as an entrepreneur. I care about team wellbeing, culture, client alignment. But in this age and world economy I feel like it burned me out. Cause the country and environment isn't supportive of idealisms. I love it too much to cut corners for profits, and well business gotta make profit to survive