A Conscious Mission

Happy Friday Friends!

I hope and trust this post finds you all having a great day!

This morning I want to share with you excerpts from two separate articles I have read over the course of the past couple of weeks. I trust there is knowledge & wisdom you can glean from them both.

The first excerpts I would like to share are from an article titled How To Become A Conscious Leader by Jim Dethmer.

Move from drifting to committing.

• Conscious leadership is not accidental. It is intentional.
• We commit and then we drift away from our commitment.
• The pattern of life and conscious leadership is commit and drift-shift. Shifting is the act of recommitting.
• Are you committed to being a conscious leader?
• What is one concrete evidence that proves your commitment?

Move from blaming to claiming.

• ...conscious leaders claim responsibility by taking it.
• Conscious leaders understand that responsibility is not something that can be assigned. It can only be taken.
• Choosing responsibility means asking, "How have I created or contributed to this?" and not "Who did it?" Conscious leaders understand that there is tremendous power in claiming responsibility and no power in looking to the past to find fault.
• When conscious leaders ask, "How have I created this?" they are asking from curiosity and wonder. They assume that whatever is happening is for their and their organization's learning.
• ...conscious leaders want to determine exactly how they did. They see that they contributed by what they did or didn't do, by what they said or didn't say and by how they were being or not being as a leader. They lead their organizations by being the first to step into any situation with the words, "I'M RESPONSIBLE" and, "Here is what I'm learning."

Move from being right to being curious

• In order to be curious one has to be secure. Conscious leaders don't need constant outside validation to prove that they are valuable, in control or safe. Because of this deep security, they lead with childlike wonder and curiosity. Like a child they look at all situations with fresh eyes, and in doing so, they see things about people and situations that leaders who are attached to proving their rightness never see.
• If you fight to be right you get to be right, but you don't get to be happy or connected to people or creative or experiencing life in a new and expansive way. Conscious leaders move over and over again from wanting to be right to being deeply curious.

The next article is titled A Mission For Men and it was written by Richard Norris.

• Not every man has a mission to go to the Moon, but every man does have a mission to fulfill here on Earth. No matter the mission, it will not be easy, but it will be worth it. It's significance is determined by the people it serves.
• ...we each have our own mission to live out and fulfill. As per the Oxford Dictionary, a mission by definition is a strongly felt aim, ambition or calling. It's the vocation or calling to go out into the world and spread a particular message or faith. As I understand it, it is the cause for which we were born. Our life will only truly be fulfilling when we live out our purpose and fulfill our specific mission.
• ...your mission will require lifelong commitment and sacrifice. A mission is never easy, but always worthwhile. Once you know your mission it captures your heart. It will keep you inspired and motivated.
• ...a life mission takes a lifetime.
• A mission is much bigger than the person to whom it is entrusted. It will rely on many others directly and indirectly to support it to its very end. Yet, your mission is yours. No one else's. Your mission will be the most important thing that you do.
• God has created each of us with our mission in mind. He has equipped you with a unique set of gifts, talents and abilities we will need to live out our mission.
• Your mission enables you to live on the edge of what's possible and impossible.
• ...you are called to be a champion for all that is good and right:

You are called to do good - to live, lead and serve with integrity.

You are to seek justice for those enduring injustice.

You are called to stand up for the oppressed and deliver them from those who would use and exploit them.

You are to take up the cause of the fatherless to protect and fight for them. Every child needs security and a strong father figure in their life to lead by example.

 

Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you or your families. I will always be willing to help you any way I can.

 

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend and please cherish your precious families.

 

Kev