Getting Real with Our Leadership

Straight up I'd like to question your leadership How are you with your leadership What would you give yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 2 3 5 10 meaning the most brilliant masterful leader 0 a dastardly leader What would you give yourself in that rating Please be honest Now why did you give yourself that If you gave yourself an 8 to 9 10 7 whatever number - why did you give yourself that What are you doing well Why do you give that to yourself Honoring yourself with that Even if it's a number 2 it's better than 0 You're doing something right It might be just doing the inquiry and giving that 2 is the number you give yourself Bravo Good Now what would it take for you to get to a 10 in leadership Honestly truly in your own estimation What skills would you need to develop But most importantly and usually at this stage of development and being it's what within your being can you let go of and release so that your true Self and the power of your own magnificence your own flow can come through unimpeded by structures of past limitations in your consciousness Now I'm going to ask you another piercing question what's your team feel about your leadership We all have guesses and ideas some of us may care some of us may care not may care little We're here to execute they're here to follow what we need to do or ask them to do But what does your team feel and think about your leadership Have you really have gone through some type of process of self-analysis Objective subjective review It's always subjective Perhaps you haven't allowed yourself to have this type of review because you have no time for it You might not see its value You might be weary of the response or reflection you might get You might be defensive or righteous about why you're enacting and living and doing what you're doing Very few people don't feel righteous about the way they do things in leadership positions Why am asking all of this It s because I'm reminded by a great teaching from The Book of Changes the I Ching from China from thousands of years ago It's an ancient book of principles 64 of them which I studied quite deeply in my journey as a Kung-Fu student And one of the principles shares about the superior being the superior individual man woman being in the position of royalty King queen being deluded by their own self-reflection because they're in their ivory castle not getting feedback from the whole And they've created their own persona about themselves to themselves And yet around them there can be corruption happening that could be revolt happening dissidents division and they don't see much because they are trapped in the castle of their own self-reflection and mirrors I feel as leaders it's so valuable that as we grow in power and strength and influence and impact and success that we subject ourselves to honest reflection from peers who will share the truth with you about your leadership Vulnerably honestly having their heart for you but at the same time won't pull any punches I feel it's such an essential part to have a peership of reflection not just of sharings of wins and insights and knowledge and learning and experience but being willing to look at you right in the eye and say That's integral and that isn't And you're walking down the path of self-destruction - that's pretty harsh words But I want friends and peers that are willing to look at me and share with me shadows that they might see in me that I might be denying I might be suppressing I might be enacting causing harm to others It takes vulnerability to have that peership It also is a type of sublime power to have that type of relationship with a circle that has your back and also is willing to shed light on your darkness and shadow or ignorance I know I've certainly benefited from that all my life My mentors have continuously pointed out many things which when I first heard were like big vitamins that swallowed hard Slaps and pinches and burns but all came from good intent and love and they've all helped me grow along the way my character my being It's time not to arrive at anything as leaders In this time this intersection in history I'm inviting you to have a real look at your leadership and feel it have it reflected back not just through forms and through distanced connections but have it be approached with other humans of your caliber of your responsibility of your power And have them share what they see that's good valuable noble integral full And support you and honor you and edify you and make right that and make that even more solid and just as valuable to share my friend This is what you might be missing This is something within yourself that you could strengthen This is a way you're going down the road that might cause you trouble

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