Leonardo Da Vinci: What Makes A Leader?

When one hears the word ‘Leader’ what image or person immediately comes to mind? Is it of a General leading their army? Is it of a President leading their country? Or maybe a politician motivating the masses? What makes us associate these images to the word Leader? What is a Leader exactly? Many would say that a Leader is someone who helps others helps themselves. Some would say a Leader is one who can inspire, drive, and influence people to do things for them. To others, they are simply the person who leads, whether it is a small group, an organization, or even something as large as a country. But are all Leaders people in high positions or those with significant pull of some kind? What other positions can a great and memorable Leader be in and is it always in spotlight-esque view? Many great Leaders have been recorded throughout history, both for extraordinary and sometimes terrible deeds, but what about Leaders who aren’t immediately thought of as such?

He is mostly known for his famous works The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. Many regard him as one of the greatest artistic minds in history, but what is less known is that he was also a brilliant inventor and scientist. In fact, da Vinci had knowledge of so many subjects and dabbled in so many projects, it is still difficult for people to concisely state his actual profession. The world views him as a painter, sculptor, mathematician, architect, musician, engineer, and anatomical genius. All complex and difficult areas to study much less master and yet da Vinci pursued them all. But what and who was Leonardo da Vinci truly? What drove him to study both the sciences and arts simultaneously- one dedicated to fact and the pursuit of true knowledge and the other a path of visual perfection and