What we happen to think about and do are influenced by what we feel about those things. The desire to succeed, to be the best in every thing we do, to change the world one step at a time, all starts from the desires of the heart. The heart feels both the good and bad and brings about our reactions to these things. So....."you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel". Whether we like it or not, the feelings are ever present.
The best thing you can do for yourself is to be proactive to the things you can't close your heart from feeling.
Talk of leaders like Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa and Steve Jobs, just to mention a few, all felt things that influenced their decision and actions which have shaped our lives in this present world.
We all can mention names known, personally to us, that have influenced us positively but have not been publicly mentioned. Talk of fathers, mothers, uncles, friends and a whole lot of people, who were proactive to the things their heart felt and made tremendous impact to our life.
We as individuals should be therefore motivated to be open to the things that affect our heart and react to it by becoming a better person to ourselves and our community as a whole. That is one of the mark of a TRUE LEADER.