5 Skills You Must Master To Become a Transcendent Leader

Leadership isn’t about wanting to become a leader.

Nobody should want to become a leader. Leadership is bestowed on someone who has a positive impact on other people.

As Sadhguru explains, “People will rise you as a leader because they see something or you can do something others cannot.”

That’s a transcendent leader, someone whose desire that leads outward.

These are the five skills that embody transcendent leadership, as told by Luke Burgis in his book Wanting:

Transcendent Leadership Skill 1: Shift Gravity

“A good leader never becomes an obstacle or a rival,” writes Luke.

They shift the center of gravity away from themselves and towards a bigger goal. They stand shoulder to shoulder with other people at all levels.

Transcendent Leadership Skill 2: Speed of Truth

The health of any project involving humans is dependent on the speed at which truth travels.

Truth is anti-mimetic:

Truth doesn’t change based on how mimetically popular or unpopular something is.