The Cradle Of Self-Leadership
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The best way to approach the subject of self-leadership is through personal experience.
Examine the anatomy of that moment. There was that weak aspect of you, where being inveigled by it would have led to an undesirable outcome. That part can have many faces: A juvenile streak, vulnerable emotions, over-reactivity, impatience, fragility, unchecked anger, silly fears, inferiority complex, the ‘freeze’ syndrome, losing your wits, sulking, pettiness…
As it is the case with our strengths, each one of us has his or her unique blend of imperfections and weaknesses. And then, there was the highly cognizant, perceptive, sensitive, intelligent and articulate bigger person in you that somehow, in a wonderfully measured way, acted with maturity, poise and finesse to seize the moment, prevail and succeed.You only needed to be pushed to a point of no option, which is when the greater you appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.
You know it’s there – always present in the background, watching over you. It’s as though you were, for a bit of time, a different person, with remarkable confidence. But it’s not a different person. It’s the real you. The other part that you unwittingly identify with, the not so developed parts of you, the bad habits and unfortunate aspects that surround the real you are not you. One of the tasks of the bigger you is to influence those parts, to ‘transfer’ its greatness to them, as it continues to grow and evolve.
In being aware of this inner ‘two in one’ state of affairs, we can make more space for the bigger person in us, for its many theatres, hidden capabilities and limitless potential to improve and evolve. Every day we are presented with opportunities to exercise ourselves, to overcome the pull of the lower aspects and direct our focus and energies into the bigger person in us. It is a constant, life-long struggle that is often quite challenging at the point of need, but is so enormously rewarding with multiple returns, results and benefits.
There is much more to this story, as these two powers in us, the greater and the lesser persons, are connected to the world that surrounds them, being influenced in many different ways by everyone else’s strengths and weaknesses. It could be said that an everlasting conflict between the two is at play, until, by your will, the greater gains dominion.
It is about the will and desire to achieve a state of union with the bigger person in you, to carry yourself a step closer to accomplishing your objectives and building a dynamic, evolving core that in time unifies the whole of you in your purpose.
Self-leadership is the will to defy everything in life that says “no, you can’t; no you should not; no, you may not; impossible”, to be unstoppable, driven by a powerful creative vision, directed by the perception of the incredible new opportunities that are now emerging on the horizons of the human possibility.
For you, for what you believe in and for those who look to you for guidance and leadership.
David Gommé
1 July 2009
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