"leaders first define their reality"?

Question

what does reality mean in this qute?

Answer 1

Their strength as well as their weaknesses as a person and their personality as a person.A package of being a human being as a whole.

Answer 2

Where are we now, what capabilities do we have, what is our problem, what are our strengths and weaknesses, advantages and disadvantages, and most important of all, where do we want to be and what will happen if we do nothing.  

Leaders have to understand the start point first and foremost, or no one will pay any attention to them, so they will not be leaders.    

Let's say you are in Topeka, Kansas, and you and your group want to get to Philadelphia.  It isn't enough to say "We need to go East from here", if you've overlooked the fact that you and your group happen to be at the bottom of a thirty foot hole.  The Leader is the one that understands that being in that hole is the reality that must be dealt with.