True Leadership – From The Inside Out

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

John Muir

What is your calling in life? What makes you come alive? How can you bring out the greatness in yourself and others?

Leaders who make a profound difference in the world know the answers to these questions. They are driven by a vision so compelling that others are also inspired to greatness. Is this true for you in your own life and business? Are you inspired? Driven? Fulfilled? Are people attracted to your vision?

Many times I ask this at seminars and just a few hands go up. And it’s often that we’ve just fallen off track, got caught in the how to’ of our lives, rather than the what’ and the why.’ We grapple with the details and lose sight of the big picture.

The reason many people fall short of their goals is that either they are not compelling enough, or they are not really their goals. They are someone else’s. They are the shoulds’ and ought to’s’ that are so conditioned into us. A true vision will have that delicious combination of excitement and fear: excitement that makes us feel alive, tinged with a little fear because it will require us to grow outside the comfort zone. The goals we set from that place will inspire us, and, come hell or high water, we will achieve them.

In the words of Bob Proctor, Go after what you want, not what you think you can get. You won’t know how to get it, but start with a fantasy and dig into that part of yourself you’ve never seen before.’

This is the part that lives beneath the lies of limitation and doubt we tell ourselves every day. We access it through the mind/body connection. You can’t think’ your way into a sense of purpose and engagement. It has to be experienced, embodied. That’s where the paradigm shift occurs and new insights land. We just need to learn to listen.

The body is unflinchingly honest. It offers clarity for even the biggest of life decisions. Imagine as a leader, you could identify and try on’ each important element in your life, test it for accuracy. Imagine sensing the yes’ and no’ of your body. Think how it would inform your decisions, your interactions, your sense of vision. It’s entirely possible and way simpler than you might think.

It begins with the senses. Start noticing things more consciously. Where your awareness is drawn is a clue to what’s going on internally. Notice the colors and images that attract your eye. Notice the sounds around you. When you eat your food slow down and really taste it. Notice what touches your heart as you go about your day. A smile; an encouraging email; a funny video; a pat on the back; a special memory. When you think about a particular situation at home or work, close your eyes for a moment, go inside acknowledge your emotions, notice how your body feels. Is there tightness anywhere? Any tension? If so, where? Or do I feel relaxed? This is a wonderful first step to more awake life. As you start applying these simple awareness steps in your everyday life, you’ll begin to feel more aligned, more clear and much more connected to your true vision. That is the heart of true leadership.

Rachel Flower is a speaker/author/trainer and the owner of Senssoma LLC, a company dedicated to inspiring passion, purpose and true potential in life and business. She is also a founding trainer for Dr. Bresky’s Brain Tune Up program.

Rachel can be found at: www.senssoma.com email: Rachel@senssoma.com