Comments on: The Cabinet of Invisible Counselors

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:39:28 +0000

Mine: Captain Kirk, Spock, Morihei Ueshiba, Charles Darwin, FDR, Aquaman, and my grandpa.

By: daniel

daniel — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:23:55 +0000

bruce lee
arnold shwarzenneger
fedor emelianko
evan tanner
bill hicks
the emperor of mankind (admittedly a fictional character, but his backstory and personalityexemplify a lot of what id like to be as a man)
Andrew Carnegie

By: jerry

jerry — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:18:54 +0000

Christ
All medal of Honor recipients
Lincoln
Those that love me in spite of me.
Solomon

By: Anthony A.

Anthony A. — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:25:50 +0000

I am trying to put together my own invisible council, and I ran in to a mental roadblock of sorts trying to determine who should be on my council, or even what type of counselors to seat. When reading about the Invisible Counselors, it all seems so simple, but when actually putting some thought into a well-balanced council, it gets a little more difficult for me, probably because my exposure to extraordinary individuals has been lacking throughout my life (and yes, I’m working on that, too).

While contemplating this block, my mind suddenly came upon an idea that has been extremely helpful in my search.

My idea was to approach the building of my council as a Presidential candidate would approach building a campaign committee and cabinet. I’ve now started going looking up all of the types of advisers a President and a Presidential nominee would consider employing.

It’s amazing how many things I would have missed had I not approached things this way: an image adviser, a fitness adviser, an ever-present assistant who assists with scheduling and time management (if only!), a speechwriter, multiple financial advisers (maybe it’s best to get a *real* one of these), a copywriter… The list goes on and on!

If I think long enough about any one of these types of advisers I have usually been able to come up with a name that I associate with one of them, such as David Allen for a time management consultant.

Hope this helps someone else who may have a hard time building their concil! :)

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:21:59 +0000

Hmm I think some of these guys have been mentioned before, but definitely:

- Christian Hudson (For his social abilities and prowess with women – From The Social Man)
- Ezio Auditore Da Firenze (Cause he’s a badass who understands life – From Assassins Creed)
- Jamie McIntyre (For his business expertise – From 21st Century Education)
- Napoleon Hill (Goes without saying – Think and Grow Rich)

By: Jeff M

Jeff M — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:53:34 +0000

My 5-7 would be:

My maternal grandfather
Jonathan Edwards
Charles Spurgeon
Winston Churchill
Ronald Reagan
Stonewall Jackson
George Bailey (the Jimmy Stewart character I most identify with)

By: Bradley

Bradley — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:30:46 +0000

Starting List:
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sun Tzu
Marcus Aurelius
Aristotle
Socrates
Napoleon
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander the Great
Confucius
Albert Einstein
Augustus Caesar
Charles Darwin
Charlemagne
Leonardo Da Vinci
Genghis Khan

By: Pieter-Jan

Pieter-Jan — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:35:20 +0000

A very interesting article, for my own Cabinet my temporary choice would be:
- Buddha
- Ezio Auditore Da Firenze (protagnist from Assassin’s creed II, brotherhood and revelations)
- Leonardo Da Vinci
- Shakespeare
- Aragorn (From Tolkein’s trilogy)
- Theodore Roosevelt
=) its a starter but a fine group I’d say ^^

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:07:12 +0000

My counsel would include
Reginald F. Lewis
Jesus almighty
Richard Branson
I’ll have to think up sommore

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:57:22 +0000

Wow! What a great way to think something over! I’m going to form my own council with “Nameless Joe” (the character played by Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and 2 other movies), General Patton, Sherlock Holmes AND John Watson M.D. plus 2 others that I shall think of as they come.