One Apple A Day #666 - self-leadership
This morning I was reflecting on Self-leadership. Lately, this word has been the topic of a few conversations, in particular within the context of organizations. It looks like there is a demand for more self-leadership, but what that does really mean? How do people with a high level of self-leadership show up in their private and professional lives? Am I expressing my self-leadership?
Bryant and Kazan, in their book titled "Self-Leadership: How to Become a More Successful, Efficient, and Effective Leader from the Inside Out" provides the following definition.
Self-leadership is having a developed sense of who you are, what you can do, where you are going coupled with the ability to influence your communication, emotions and behaviours on the way to getting there.
To me, self-leadership is about alignment. I feel I am a leader of myself when I am fully in tune with my essence. When my actions, my words, my thoughts are coherent with who I am. And while I'm writing this, I realize that this alignment is also what I recognize in the great leaders that I admire.
So know, Lao-Tsu words sound more potent than ever.
"Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."
P.S. Quite a fascinating number for today's post. The (in)famous Number of the Beast, also known as The devil's number. Out of curiosity, I did a quick search and discover that there are people who are so fearful of this number that they created a word for this phobia; hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia. If you read up to here, I guess you don't have that!