Apathy is actually more energizing than shame or guilt. There is more potential for empowerment and self leadership here. Although there is an absence of inspiration or active energy, apathy is lighter and less 'fossilized'. In apathy there is a sense of hopelessness and despair - yet these perceptions exist only from within the vantage of being in apathy. As soon as we lift ourselves out of it - into the observer position or into an Continue Reading
Gandhi – Self-Reflection as a Way of Leading (Part 1)
What’s so intriguing about Gandhi is how he transformed himself. One of the most influential people of all time, he didn’t lead a nation of 400 million Indians to freedom and self-government as the man he was when he began this epic journey. He led it as the man he was committed to becoming. Gandhi’s story – and his incredible and timely / timeless example to us – is that if something isn’t working, we must become what can allow Continue Reading