When someone else's pain triggers fear in us, we turn inward and start erecting walls. We panic because we feel we can't handle the pain. Sometimes we should trust this panic as a sign that we aren't yet ready to open so far. But sometimes instead of closing down or resisting we might have the courage to do something unpredictable: turn our attent...
It's time for a new kind of leader, one whose fundamental role is to serve as a Chief Energy Officer, responsible for mobilizing, focusing, inspiring, and regularly recharging the energy of those they lead. Energy, after all, is contagious — especially so for leaders, by virtue of their disproportionate position and power. The way leaders fee...
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
Posted by Paul DiSegna
on February 24, 2016
If we want there to be peace in the world, then we have to take responsibility when our own hearts and minds harden and close. We have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid, to find the soft spot and stay with it. We have to have that kind of courage and take that kind of responsibility. That's true spiritual warriorship. That's the true pract...
