LEADERSHIP FROM

WITHIN

SEMINAR FOR LEADERS

MAPS GUIDE OR MISGUIDE

US. THEY ARE NOT A FAC,

BUT THE FRUIT OF OUR

PERCEPTION

“IN THE ORIENT, I am informed, there exist huge forests populated by exotic animals and flowers. Men who have visited those regions attest to the strange customs of the natives who inhabit them. They speak of striped carnivores known as tigers feeding on victims who go naked but for stripes painted all over their bodies. Some observers maintain that these natives are barely human because of their dose association with the animals that eat them, and so are excluded from the fraternity

A TRIP TOWARD THE PERSONAL LEADERSHIP

First thing we will do is to establish our own map.

We already have one – old and quite worn out. It

has been useful until this moment and we have

reached wherever we have reached thanks to it. To

create a new leadership map means to reinterpret

the meaning of being a leader.

We are going to travel and we will use this new

map all the time.

Let’s talk before starting…

PERSONAL LEADERSHIP MAP

What is to lead?

What are my models of leadership? At the

time of leading, what is my base?

What are the characteristics of those

models? Perhaps dedication, or strength.

Maybe courage and determination, softness

and love?

In this map, what is the place I want to

reach? Just like my model, or is it OK to be a

little less?W

AFTER HAVING A MAP…

Let’s go for a trip!

We are going to travel toward the country of

our leadership. We will take more than one

day to accomplish the trip, and the map we

have just designed we will help us all the

time.

After reaching there, we will take sometime

to settle. But we know we will be much better

than before.

FOR TRAVELLING, WE ASK QUESTIONS

There are some questions we must ask

before travelling.

If you travel to another place, these are some

of the questions to be asked:

What is the weather?

How is the people there?

How to dress?

In groups, we will go even deeper, asking the

questions about our final destination.v

LEADERSHIP

Conceptual leadership, which describes the

leader from an ideal point of view. It gives us

a kind of precision in relation to what a leader

should be like.

The real leadership is that idea put into

practise. It is your leadership, my leadership,

that leadership we all use in the day today

life.

Any difference between them?

CONCEPTUAL LEADERSHIP

How the leader should be?

We can summarize conceptual leadership like this:

Capacity of convincing people to do what they would

never do.

Complete coherence.

Accomplish a vision without compromising values and

principles.

Creation of new leaders.

Leaving a footprint in History.

REAL LEADERSHIP

How is the leader?

This is a turbulent world, so:

People do not get convinced that easily, and even after

being convinced there is nothing there to guarantee they

will do whatever the leader is proposing.

A natural incoherence.

There is the accomplishment of a vision, but with the

compromise of values or principles.

Creation of some leaders, but mostly followers.

It is very hard to leave a footprint in History.

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REALIZATION EXERCISES - I

I need to climb a mountain,

a long walk that will take

me a full day. I can only

carry 11 pounds.

According to the next list,

choose the elements you

will take.

YOU CANNOT

SEPARATE ELEMENTS

OR INVENT NEW ONES.

STICK TO THE LIST.

Water – 4.2 pounds

Cereal bars - 3 packages (7.94

lbs)

Sandwichs - 4 (1.32 lbs)

Apples - 4 (2 lbs)

Technical books for reading (I

have work to deliver on Monday)

– 6.61 lbs

Fiction books – 8.82 lbs

A laptop (fully functional for the

whole-day walk) – 6.61 lbs

Ipod, speakers and solar

recharger – 3.31 lbs

DVDs and reproducer – 5.51 lbs

Cell phone and solar recharger –

0.66 lbs

REALIZATION EXERCISES - II

A billionaire got in touch with me. He needs my help to

create an indigenous nation in Central America, where all

their needs are fulfilled and they can dedicated themselves

to whatever they feel like, without having to work for

surviving. Reason: he is a descendant of natives from

Central America, this is why he has that interest. He has a

piece of land big enough for that, and all the needed budget.

He is also in close touch with a group of natives.

In group, talk with others about what you would do. At the

end of the conversation, the group will have a simple plan

indicating the basic steps to help that person to accomplish

his vision.

After making the decision, the group will present it for

others.l

DIFFERENCES

Let’s take some of our time to reflect on

leadership: the one that is and the one that

should be.

Let’s take our personal leadership map and

check what is more important and we cannot

compromise in our leadership.

Let’s look inside ourselves, in our own

leadership capacity.

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SELF-LEADERSHIP

Its principle is so simple: before leading

others, you must learn to lead yourself.

The practise is something else. We learn

how to lead others – and we became experts

in that – but we forget how to lead ourselves.

So, let’s look inside ourselves again, to that

being we are, and let’s go back to that simple

principle.

3 MODELS

Brian Bacon / KVK Raju

Self-leadership with

strategic planning.

Tex Gunning

Self-leadership by

“feeling the people”.

Brahma Baba

Self-leadership from

strengthen our spiritual

decision-making

process.

TO BE MY OWN LEADER MEANS…

To recognise your

NORTH, where you

have to reach.

To know your SOUTH,

where all tendencies

come.

To look to the EAST,

connecting yourself with

your own spirituality.

To not leave the WEST,

keeping your practicity.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE?

From outside…

Our leadership – how we

lead, our map.

Realization exercises.

Differences between ideal

and real leadership.

From inside…

Self-leadership and its

models.

Our compass.

Decision-making process.

DEEPER

As self-leadership comes from within, it is

important to know what is there.

As an iceberg we only show what is outside and

our relationships are superficial.

It is time to go deeper and find precious

treasures.

Which treasures? Our virtues and hidden

talents. They are what we really have and many

times, we don’t value.

Let’s see what we have.

THE 8 POWERS

HOW TO GET THESE 8 SPIRITUAL POWERS

Through meditation. When we meditate, we

connect our intellect with the self and God.

Inside the self there is a source of hidden

treasures, and from them the 8 powers

emerge. Essentially, the being has 5 innate

qualities:

Peace Love Power Purity Happiness

HOW IT REALLY WORKS

To not think much, to learn how to trust

in your inner fellings at the time of

acting.

Meditating daily, renewing those

powers.

To have a clear knowledge of the use of

each one of the powers. To use them in

a worthwhile way – they don’t hurt, but if

we don’t use them in a proper way, we

won’t get sucess.

MAIN FEATURES - I

Introspection

When you are in a situation for which you

are not prepared to face it.

The introverstion happens thrught having

positive thoughts about the self.

You will find internally the answers you

need.

It refreshes the soul, it renews the being

and it recharges the self.

MAIN FEATURES - II

Tolerance

When the circunstances are threatening

you and they will last for a certain time.

With a vision of mercy, you give something

positive to other people.

You won’t feel affected in a negative way.

It increases self-respect, but it spends

lots of energy.

MAIN FEATURES - III

Adjustment

When the circumstances are threatening

you and they will last for an undefined

time.

Withouth compromising your values and

principles, you make an agreement with

the situation, adapting yourself to it.

You will experience lightness in your mind

and actions.

Easily you win others’ hearts and their

cooperation, without much energy.

MAIN FEATURES - IV

Discerniment

It is the first stage when you are making a

decision.

In yoga, we detach ourselves from the

situations and we experience the right

answer about what to do.

You will feel clarity in your decisions, even

though results are not seen.

The intellect recovers its strength and it

is not taken by logic or emotions.

MAIN FEATURES - V

Decision-making

This is the second stage of a decision.

With faith in the self, in God and life, you

act fearlessly.

You won’t feel hesitation and you will

experience the immediate fruit of a

decision made: strenght.

It eases life and it enables us to come

even closer to our future vision.

MAIN FEATURES - VI

To face

On one hand, it is the third stage of a decision,

used when you have to face its consequences.

On the other hand, it is used when

circumstances are threatening you and your

principles and values are in danger.

With faith in the self, God and life, I meditate

before the action and with no fear, I act.

You will feel power inside.

It destroys the most difficult obstacles.

MAIN FEATURES - VII

Cooperation

When the task is for benefit of many and it

is beyond your own capacity.

Consider yourself God’s instrument,

avoiding beinf affected by praise or

difamation.

People will ofer cooperation naturally.

It transforms impossible into possible.

MAIN FEATURES - VIII

To pack-up

When a circumstance is over.

You introvert yourself by having positive thoughts

about the self, assessing whatever happened in

a positive way, eliminating negative sensations.

You won’t carry guilty feelings for something that

happened and you will feel capable of forgiving

and forgetting.

It empowers the soul.

WHAT IS SELF-LEADERSHIP?

To be your own leader.

There are many available models.

According to Brahma Baba’s model it is:

To find the hidden qualities inside the self

and to bring them about in daily actions.

To have deep yoga and to use spiritual

powers all the time.

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ANYTHING ELSE?

Leadership from within depends on our realization,

our experiences. Part of the realization depends on

understanding whatever just happened.

Let’s look our map, comparing what happened until

this moment.

Let’s look at the questions we asked ourselves at

the beginning of this trip. Could we reply them?

Let’s meditate. A lot.

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We we arrive at some

part, one trips finishes,

another one begins.

A trip toward inside the

self starts.

The challenges in

relation to self-leadership

start.

It is a bridge we must

know how to cross.

In the other side, there is

prize waiting for us.f

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Email

Marcelo.bulk@co.bkwsu.org

www.bkwsu.org

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