Today I talk about something that has begun to really interest me – the inner world of people in leadership positions of all kinds. When thinking or speaking about leaders, we don't often examine their emotional expression and development, even though their habitual emotions affect all of their decisions.
Highlights
- I talk about how I have developed meaningful relationships with people online.
- People are often taught that there is something wrong with them that needs fixing, and I don't subscribe to that.
- Feelings that are common among leaders include feeling alone and feeling like an outsider.
- For some leaders, it's dangerous to let people know what's really going on inside of you and how you really feel about yourself and your followers.
- This creates a feeling of separation, and we have an inherent need for connection.
- Becoming a leader is sometimes a coping mechanism for dealing with life.
- I think it's important for leaders to recognize their own deep-seated feelings of aloneness.
- Aloneness often leads people to become members of groups that don't have the interests of society at heart.
- In order to be a person of peace, you have to find peace within yourself.
- One of the things that interest me is bringing together entrepreneurial leaders who often feel separated so they can learn how to really feel connected on an authentic level.
- If you're going to learn how to develop empathy, you also have to learn how to set boundaries, so you don't take responsibility for other people's problems.
Links
More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
Let Go of the Aloneness Blocking Your Prosperity - Audio
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