Name and walkCollect a group of friends and standin a large circle. The way the gameworks is one person starts by sayingthe name of someone else across thecircle and then walking towardsthem. The person whose name wassaid has to try and say someone else’s name before theperson who said their name reaches them. And thenso on and so forth. What you learn: If the team isunfamiliar with each other then you might losethe game.

Leadership crestSome people might not have a family crest, buteveryone knows what they are: a visual representa-tion of that clan’s strengths. It’s something that ex-plains the family. Apply that same idea to leader-ship, and have everyone make a crest that repre-sents the values, beliefs and ideas of a greatleader. Compare notes by the end of it.

LEADERSHIP“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”

GÉRARD DE NERVAL, FRENCH WRITER AND POET

Failure is an essentialpart of your life. As

long as you have theright attitude and view

your failures aslearning

experiences, youcan use them to

push forward andachieve success,

say sportchampions

It was Roger Federer’s third Wimbledon final defeatto Djokovic and this means he just remains on 20Grand Slam titles, but the champion said he is unfet-tered. “Failure acts as a rude awakening. It remindsyou to be humble and stay grounded. All my failureshave pushed me to give my 100%. If not, maybe Iwouldn’t have been a champion,” he said.

No one lost the final,” New Zealand skipper KaneWilliamson said as his team tried to come to termswith the gut-wrenching defeat against England inthe World Cup’s greatest summit clash. “We mayhave come second, but this loss will only make usemerge stronger and hungrier,” he added.

STAY POSITIVEIn 2015, tennis star Serena Williams lost a big

match at the US Open to Roberta Vinci. Manyconsidered Williams’ loss to be one of the biggestupsets in tennis history, but the player herself did-n’t let the criticism get to her. Instead, this is whatshe said — “I usedthis loss positivelyas motivation toimprove.”

FAIL TO WIN

WILL EMERGE STRONGER

EXPECT ACCORDINGLYWhen Usain Bolt finished third at theIAAF World Championships in London,marking his first loss in the worldchampionship final and ending a 45-race winning streak, what he said wasinspirational — You can’t expect tosucceed at everything... Therewill be times when you fail,so you must set your expectationsaccordingly.

USE FAILURE AS FUELWhen Michael Jordan tried for his varsi-ty basketball team, he didn’t make thecut. He did go on to become one of thegreatest basketball players ofall time. Jordan’s failure moti-vated him to try harder. “I’vefailed over and over in my life.And that’s why I succeed. Let

your failure drive you inyour career. Use

setback as moti-vation to do

better,”he rea-

soned.

What makes the movie great is how it shows the growth, strengthand bravery of a kingdom’s successor amid adversity and a painful

past. Here are a few lessons for you to learn

MUFASA VS SCAR’S LEADERSHIPThere were three key characters in the movie. They were Mufasa, Simba and Scar. Interms of leadership, Mufasa had been a great leader. Under his reign, Pride Rock wasprosperous and peaceful. He showed strength, kindness, masculinity and wisdom. He lis-tened to his people and treated them well. On the other hand, Scar’s reign had ruined thelands. He did not care for the circle of life on which Mufasa placed so much importance. Scar wasa terrible leader. He showed no concern for the state of Pride Rock and his people’s well-being.

Leadership lessons from 1REAL LEADERS LEAD: One of the mostfundamental leadership lessons in ‘TheLion King’ is that leadership is less about

title (positional power) and more aboutaction (personal power). While Mufasa

makes a point of informing young Simbaabout the order of succession and hisbirthright as king, the story demon-strates that simply holding a titledoesn’t make them a leader.

2REAL LEADERS ARE COURA-GEOUS (WHEN IT MATTERS):Early on, Simba gets himself

(and Nala) into a dangerous situationwith the hyenas. His father, King Mufasa,

comes to their rescue at the last minute.After the incident, Mufasa gives Simba a

firm lecture about the importance of obedi-ence. When Simba explains that he was onlytrying to be brave like his father, Mufasa

says, “I’m only brave when I have to be.”This highlights the distinction between fear-lessness and courage. Mufasa says, “Evenkings get scared”. He demonstrates thatbeing a leader is not about having a largecomfort zone — it’s about having thecourage to take action outside that zonewhen the occasion calls for it.

3REAL LEADERS ARE AUTHENTIC: Oneof the most powerful scenes is whenSimba is grappling with the decision

about whether to fight his uncle Scar.Mufasa appears to Simba as an apparitionand tells him, “Remember who you are…”This could be interpreted as a reminder ofSimba’s birthright as a leader. In a worldwhere leadership is no longer based on line-age, “Remember who you are” could beinterpreted as a call to exercise authenticleadership.

KANEWILLIAMSON(NZ Captain)

lost two WorldCup finals

ROGERFEDERERlost threeWimbledon

finals

You’re a poet, andyou didn’t know itWriting a poem is a great way to

stretch one’s creativity and ex-plore leadership concepts. Youcan write the poem yourselfor break into small groups,each with the task ofthinking about leadership

in nonlinear ways to dis-cover new perspectives.To offer a bit of direction,mention that the poemmust relate to the fivesenses, have action

words and discuss ab-stractions. But when

choosing words,make surethey’re specif-ic, meaningfulto you and, of

course, poetic.

Activitiesthat will make you a

leaderGood leaders must do morethan just lead, they mustinspire the team to workcohesively, solve problems andachieve targets. Theseactivities will help youunderstand the attributesbetter and works towards them

The big pictureWhat does it take to create a shared vision? Howcan we communicate to ensure that our work is

not in conflict, but harmony? Howcan you create one big unified

picture together? Teams aregiven a theme, and dif-

ferent canvas. Eachteam has to paint a

part of the picture,and when it

comes together,the smaller can-vas has tomerge into one

big one.

It's not always about

Seeker: What is the mostwondrous thing in theworld?■Mata Amritanandamayi:

Nothing in the world is par-ticularly wondrous. Whatis there in the externalworld that evokes wonder?

Conversely, when we beholddivinity everywhere, every-thing and every moment be-comes wondrous. There is nogreater wonder than God!How can we resolve theenvironmental problemswe are facing today?■ People will start protect-ing nature only when theyrealise that they are a part ofnature. If the attitude ofwantonly exploiting naturecontinues to prevail, before

long, it will become the causeof humanity’s destruction.Living in harmony with na-ture was the reason behindthe prosperity of the past.

The Puranas speak of theearth as a cow, and milkingher of its various resources.But we must bear in mindthat the cow is milked onlyafter its calf has drunkenough milk. In the past,cows were loved and protect-ed like mothers. Today, wemust learn to see MotherEarth in the same way. ■

You have $86,400in your account and some-

one stole $10 from you.Would you be upset andthrow all of the $86,390away in the hope of get-ting backat the person that tookyour $10? Or would youmove on and live? We have86,400 seconds in every dayso don’t let someone’s nega-tive 10 seconds ruin the restof the 86,390 seconds. Don’tsweat the small stuff; life isbigger than that.

SACREDSPACE

http://www.speakingtree.in

Never complain.If we complainabout anybody

or anything then we areignorant. We create ourreality. Not some of it.But all of it.

The world is a mirror.It reflects our inner ener-gy. The frequency of en-ergy that we tune into iswhat we tap into. For in-stance, if we emit the en-ergy of love, love is whatwe will get. If we emit theenergy of anger, anger isreflected back to us.

When we send outdoubt, doubt comes back.That means what we seeand experience is a re-flection of our energy,whether it is positive ornegative.

When we experiencegood things, we becomehappy. When we experi-ence not-so-good things,we become unhappy. Whenwe become unhappy, many

a times, we complainabout other peopleand situations.Nev-

er complain. When wecomplain about anyone orany situation, we are ac-tually refusing to acceptthe situation or the peopleas our reflection. That isbecause of our lack of un-derstanding of the Uni-versal Laws of personalreality. In reality, each per-son or situation is teach-ing us something about us.Never complain! Let uswatch ourselves.

Living in harmonywith nature was thereason behind theprosperity of the past

MUSIC & CHANTING FOR HEALING MOVE ON

Desire, anger and greed -these triple gates of hell,bring about the downfall

of the soul. Bhagwad GGita 116:21

✥The man who gathers

flowers of sensual pleasure, whose mind is

distracted and who isinsatiated in desires,the Destroyer brings

under his sway.Dhammapada

✥Greed which sticks to thesoul like a permanent dye

on cloth, drags the soul to hell.

Sthananga SSutra

✥There is a very fine linebetween loving life and

being greedy for it. Maya AAngelou

Greed Or No Greed

Master Minood

WHY COMPLAIN?

Love is the child of

illusion and the parent of

disillusion

— Miguel de Unamuno

BELIEVE IN YOURSELFBoxing championMuhammad Ali’s road tosuccess wasn’t devoid ofsetbacks. In the early daysof boxing, experts used aseries of measurements toassess a boxer’s skills, andwhen he was just startingout, Ali failed all of them.But he believed he could doit, so he did. After a partic-ular loss, he said: “I’m thegreatest thing that everlived. Today was justnot my day... tomor-row will be better.I am sure of it”

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