Leadership: Romance, Life in Full Colour and Magical Reality

Today I’ll muse on life, art and how what I have learned links to leadership in business.

Romantic Idealism. First, I’ll look being a romantic and idealism in leadership.

Next, I’ll explore what I mean by “Life in Full Colour” and then taking risks in leadership.

Magical Reality. Finally, I’ll look at what I meant when I recently coined for myself this term, then what that means for leadership and not settling for less than your ideals

So, let us begin with being a Romantic.

I’m a romantic in all facets of life.

I freely note that I am also a little different from the norm, given that my Myers-Briggs type is INFP. Such individuals are known for being purposeful, idealistic, romantic, curious. We are all of us different as humans, so I can only share my own worldview authentically and yup, I’m a Romantic to the core.

In day to day life that often translates to being an idealist, which can be defined as:

“a person who is guided more by ideals than by practical considerations.”

In leadership, whilst we do always have to consider practicalities, structure, foundations, if, as I define it, “a leader is someone others choose to follow”, it is…