Wealth Does Not Make You a Leader

“Therefore I hated life becauase the work that was donoe under the sun was distressing to me,
for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.”

Ecclesiastes 2,17

A world that primarily teaches that striving for success, recognition and self-realization are the noble goals in life has not understood the fundamental meaning of being human.

Science and studies suggest what constitutes the meaning of life and creates satisfaction.

And even though we live in an information age and most information is available to us almost instantly, we find that it is all nothing and contributes little to our peace of mind.

This is the crucial fork in the road in life. The recognition of a Creator who endows us with abilities far beyond our imagination.
Only when I realize that I am a spiritual being, created and released with a personal purpose, do I understand the fullness of life.

Solomon, the richest and wisest king in the Old Testament, had the same experiences on his way to achieving contentment: material things and wealth are empty.

But why do so many managers still fall into the same temptation?

They start off quite well and make progress, but once they reach their first goals, their growth stops. Instead of continuing to expand, they shrink. This often results in them accumulating things. Their success brings them a considerable income and so they spend it and earn again, spend and earn again...

But this doesn't fill the void within them.

All leaders have two major gaps:

1. A huge vacuum in her heart that only God can fill.
2. A life vacuum in her heart that can only be filled by her destiny.

To achieve these goals, we must give up striving for small things.

C. S. Lewis wrote:

“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward … promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are halfhearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased.”