Leaders aren’t made, they’re revealed
The qualities of leadership are already within you, beneath the conditioned thinking patterns.
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It’s not about avoiding difficulties, it’s about being with them
Toward the end of last summer, I took cold showers for a couple of weeks. One morning, in the midst of a shower, I thought—it’s not getting any easier. And then I remembered—it’s not about avoiding difficulties, it’s about being with them without letting them affect us.
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How to know you’re listening to the Voice of Fear, aka Inner Critic
Life is more draining than energising. Your mood is low.
You’re engaging in some form of emotional numbing: avoidance and/or distraction activities.
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Busyness is laziness
Busyness is often the result of panic, complacency or lack of clarity. If you’ve been guilty of it, slow down and feel into the discomfort this will create within you. Stay with it and ask the difficult questions: What am I avoiding? What am I not admitting to myself? What really matters? What is my
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Validation
True self-awareness is deep appreciation of our own worth. To truly know our value is to be truly free. We tend to look for validation, recognition and appreciation externally—from other people, from titles, statuses, achievements. But the real validation we’re seeking, often unbeknownst to us, is our own. When we recognise and appreciate our worth,
Attention is our most valuable resource
Shortcuts and hacks promote two major misconceptions—that faster gets us there faster, and that the goal is to get there. I believe the opposite is true on both accounts: the more we slow down, the faster we go; and the point is to be here, not there. The main factor that shapes both the depth
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Receive
Let yourself receive all the love, and joy, and care that life is giving you. Let it in, let it land deeply, let it heal all that doubts have touched.
Our mind is limited in its capacity for decision-making
When we think about life and the human condition, our mind is trying to understand (and often rule ;)) something that is prior to it.
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Surrender to the flow
Life has a flow of its own that we can’t force. In fact, the more we surrender to it, the faster we move. Some days are giant leaps, others feel like steps in the wrong direction, some like regressions, others yet progress at a snail’s pace. Show up, do your best, stay true to yourself,
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Through the yin into the yang
Fear took me to my deepest safety. Heartbreak taught me to love. Pain taught me to feel and know life. Self-abandonment taught me to honour, own and care for myself. Loneliness taught me to experience oneness. Illusion taught me to ground in what’s real.
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