Now is the Time!

Awareness, truth 1 Minute

For the past 4 years, I have written entries in the blog Heart of a Leader. These have primarily been focused on the inside issues of leading – how we can be more in touch with our true nature and how we can live and work more authentically.

I recently realized that it’s important to expand my perspective about leading. For one thing,  everyone who lives on the planet is a leader, whether they realize it or not. A leader is someone who guides others to find their way. We are all doing this and to limit the leadership conversation to those of a particular level of responsibility in formal organizations is absurd and dangerous.

Now that I’ve got that off my chest, I want to let you know that I am casting a wider net, so to speak, for this blog. I am coming off a year or so of sitting on the sidelines wondering what was next for me. I am relieved to report I am now clear.

This clarity is part of the renewal in this blog and its new imperative. I will be writing five times a week. It helps me to write more often and I feel that I have something useful for others that warrant this level of attention.

I will be writing about both the inner aspects of leadership as I have in the past and the external aspects of leadership, which I for the most part have avoided. Why is the external important? What is going on in the world is in direct correlation to what’s going on inside us.

For instance the debate about contraception support in medical insurance plans is actually about equality for workers of both genders. Many people talk about their full support of women as full partners in the workplace and then oppose this type of insurance equality. It’s important to bring the issue of inner and outer imbalance to folks attention so that we all can get into integrity.

I welcome your feedback and suggestions.

Until later,

Thomas

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Sometimes, we feel a gnawing discontent. This arises from something inside that keeps letting us know that something isn’t right in our lives. In my case, this discontent has arisen many times and i have done my best to push it back down. Not in overt ways. I’m more subtle in my approach to my inner concerns. 
“Yes, yes, that’s right things aren’t going well for me. Let me just finish what i’m doing” or “I need to do just one more things and then I tend to this concern”. The problem is there is never a comfortable moment so the dance drags on. Until there is a calamity of some sort and the noise is so loud that to ignore it could jeopardize my life. I’ve had a long career of creating new businesses or helping businesses grow. The creative flow is very strong in me. I probably see a new business opportunity multiple times a day. The problem is that I’m have way more ideas than time and even when I take the time to engage a new idea, I don’t vet it as well as I could. Particularly, I don’t dig in and see how well this great idea is purposeful and is aligned with my most important values. I just jump in. Which leads me to today. I used to have a writeup in this space about my wonderful accomplishments. Sure, I’ve done lots of things, but does that really matter to you? You might be more interested in why am I writing. I would be if i was reading this. I’m writing because I love helping people see things they may have missed. Not to help them be smarter or think of me as a clever guy. The purpose is to help them have richer lives. So, few of us tap even a small portion of our potential. Each day that we pass the opportunity of a full life will never be recovered. I’m at a stage of life where this feels more important than ever. I do have regrets for not reaching this conclusion earlier and then again there is no time like the present. I welcome any feedback you have or areas you are interested in exploring. If I have something to share, I’ll do so gladly. Thank you for reading and I wish you a full and rich life.

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