Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest

by William Vanderbloemen

In the Old Testament, a large section of the Hebrew scriptures is given over to a section called the prophets. Prophets were able to see into the future. Prophets were valuable for helping kings out of a pickle. Prophets could anticipate. But most scholars agree the prophets of the Old Testament were not necessarily looking five and six hundred years into the future when they were giving their prophecies. Rather, they were giving a spiritually driven commentary on how to respond to the crisis as of that minute and in the very near future. If they happened to prophesize about something five or six hundred years later: fantastic. But everyone in the moment knew that the prophet was the one who could read today’s tea leaves and tell us a little bit more about tomorrow than we knew before. You don’t need to have any special psychic ability or gift. Just read the tea leaves in front of you.