I copied / paraphrased the concepts in to my Keep Note so I can read them all the time. I like the idea of putting the cattle prod down. I quite like the whispering idea too. More often than not the inner voices (I call mine Donnie.... he's so mean and incorrect and ridiculous) shout. The whispering voices will not be called Donnie ; ) Thanks for the posts @Dan and team.
The shift for me is detachment from the outcome...
“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world…as a [person] established within [themself] — without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat. For yoga is perfect evenness of mind.”
“Seek refuge in the attitude of detachment and you will amass the wealth of spiritual awareness. Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do. When consciousness is unified, however, all vain anxiety is left behind. There is no cause for worry, whether things go well or ill. Therefore, devote yourself to the disciplines of yoga, for yoga is skill in action.”
Excellent post. Resonates and the advice is spot on and useful. And that was a heck of a story at the beginning. You can only imagine the life your boss led and I sure wouldn't want it.
Great article, Dan! The distinction between bracing not to lose and equipping yourself to win is exactly what separates reactive leadership from conscious leadership. A threat mindset keeps you in survival mode, and survival mode narrows your thinking right when your team needs your best judgment.
The whisper over the bully point matters more than it sounds like it does. Leaders who try to force confidence with hollow pep talks lose credibility with themselves first, then with everyone watching them. The honest version, this is hard and I can handle it, works because it is true. That is self-leadership in practice, not motivation, just an accurate read on your own capacity paired with the willingness to prepare for it.
Conscious leadership is not about eliminating ambition. It is about running that ambition through a nervous system that is equipped instead of terrorized. Same drive, completely different outcome for you and everyone who follows your lead.
I burned through more opportunities than I can count this way. I'd work myself to the edge, and just before something broke open, I would break instead. My approach changed when I lived in India and started in depth practice. The Bhagavad Gita - a 700-verse argument for why that chemistry is the wrong operating system - changed everything. The reframe Guy is describing has very old roots, but it works.
I love the 10 percent happier app. Ask me about it. I am not getting paid for recommending it(I am sorry we have to do that now) but I want to only recommend good stuff substackers to Substacker.
I copied / paraphrased the concepts in to my Keep Note so I can read them all the time. I like the idea of putting the cattle prod down. I quite like the whispering idea too. More often than not the inner voices (I call mine Donnie.... he's so mean and incorrect and ridiculous) shout. The whispering voices will not be called Donnie ; ) Thanks for the posts @Dan and team.
The shift for me is detachment from the outcome...
“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world…as a [person] established within [themself] — without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat. For yoga is perfect evenness of mind.”
“Seek refuge in the attitude of detachment and you will amass the wealth of spiritual awareness. Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do. When consciousness is unified, however, all vain anxiety is left behind. There is no cause for worry, whether things go well or ill. Therefore, devote yourself to the disciplines of yoga, for yoga is skill in action.”
The Bhagavad Gita, 2.47 - 2.50
Excellent post. Resonates and the advice is spot on and useful. And that was a heck of a story at the beginning. You can only imagine the life your boss led and I sure wouldn't want it.
Great article, Dan! The distinction between bracing not to lose and equipping yourself to win is exactly what separates reactive leadership from conscious leadership. A threat mindset keeps you in survival mode, and survival mode narrows your thinking right when your team needs your best judgment.
The whisper over the bully point matters more than it sounds like it does. Leaders who try to force confidence with hollow pep talks lose credibility with themselves first, then with everyone watching them. The honest version, this is hard and I can handle it, works because it is true. That is self-leadership in practice, not motivation, just an accurate read on your own capacity paired with the willingness to prepare for it.
Conscious leadership is not about eliminating ambition. It is about running that ambition through a nervous system that is equipped instead of terrorized. Same drive, completely different outcome for you and everyone who follows your lead.
I burned through more opportunities than I can count this way. I'd work myself to the edge, and just before something broke open, I would break instead. My approach changed when I lived in India and started in depth practice. The Bhagavad Gita - a 700-verse argument for why that chemistry is the wrong operating system - changed everything. The reframe Guy is describing has very old roots, but it works.
I love the 10 percent happier app. Ask me about it. I am not getting paid for recommending it(I am sorry we have to do that now) but I want to only recommend good stuff substackers to Substacker.
Treat yourself like you would treat a dear friend.