Thought-leaders in the 21st century emerge out of academia, soft-cushioned chairs, concrete walls and secured salaries. However, when we examine history, the global thought-leaders who impact humanity most, who designed our thought processes, emerged from an astonishing space. Like Mandela, Gandhi, Mother Teresa and the transformational souls who graced this earth, the birth and genesis of greatness happened in dark, ugly, terrifying places. People who gave us new revelations came from places we shun, avoid and seek to escape at all cost. Here, we look at the path one walks to become a thought-leader. This is why the Qualped Life Club exists and was formed, to network authors of the future who are thought-leaders with a hunger for making a great impact upon the consciousness of humanity.