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What are you Growing?

8/28/2016

 
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August 28, 2016
Clear Confident Leader Weekly Observer, Issue #2
From the Greenbelt of Boise, Idaho, School started again

 

If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain.
If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees.
If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.

– Chinese proverb
 
 
 

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  • ​What am I Growing, and for whom?
  • What am I Becoming, and why?
  • How do I best grow myself, and for what?

These questions help me lead my life in a way that works for me.
 
I first worked on my grandparents’ ranch when I was eight years old, watering newly planted trees. I spent ten summers learning to nurture the trees. The trees did the growing, while I was planting, irrigating, picking fruit, and pruning. I learned a lot about working hard, and leaving things better than I found them for others.
 
After college, I went to work at HP. Over twenty-eight years I learned about creating and growing new product categories, teams, and organizations. I continued to hone my work ethic, passion for learning, and desire to leave things better than I found them. I also started to experience situations where I was struggling and unsure. Over time I came to realize that I stopped growing. I was reacting to situations with a set of skills that no longer worked for me. I was operating from a position of fear, and had become my biggest limiter. It is easy to over-focus on working for others, and lose sight of growing ourselves.
 
“Learning” started for me again. I considered pursuing another degree, and decided not to. Working hard to satisfy someone else’s requirements (an external achievement) doesn’t grant me Clarity and Confidence (an internal knowing). I set out to find the teachers and fellow students committed to growing themselves, to help me learn how to grow Clarity and Confidence as a felt sense within me.
 
I’ve been fortunate to find and learn with amazing people. They share their insights and experiences with the hope that I stand on their shoulders, as I learn to integrate what they offer into my own self. Through disciplined training and practice, I hone who I want to become, learning what works for me and what doesn’t. I reach the edge of where I hold myself back, and experiment with how I go beyond the limits I’ve established.
 
I’ve come to accept facing my fears, and enjoy growing myself. I write this Weekly Observer as a way to crystallize what I’m learning. I share it with the hope that it benefits you in becoming a Clear Confident Leader in your own way.
  • What are you Growing, and for whom?
  • What are you Becoming and why?
  • How do you best grow yourself, and for what?
 
If you'd like to explore those questions with me, I offer three weekly
Mastermind Calls.

Let’s create a better future today!

Take charge of your own energy

8/21/2016

 
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August 21, 2016
Clear Confident Leader Weekly Observer, Issue #1
From the Greenbelt of Boise, Idaho, Summer is waning 




Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy, and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.  
– Peter F. Drucker
 
 




​How do we take charge of our own energy, and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around us?


I’ve found this reflection from Peter Drucker to be at the core of becoming a Clear Confident Leader. It provokes a timeless question useful in both personal and professional realms of our lives. 

​It challenges us to become self-generative, showing up as our best possible selves. It requires us to clarify our current state, our desired future state, the context of the people around us, and the world we live in. It leads to developing confidence in what we care about and what we want to create. And, it opens a door to how we will develop ourselves as conductors, for ourselves and those around us.
 
By simply observing ourselves, we open the door to modifying our current state. Knowing and accepting where we are moment by moment, provides space to consider the choices available to us. Check-in on your state by asking:
  • Am I more calm or tense?
  • Am I more energized or tired?
  • Am I more open and curious, or closed and shutting down?
  • What do I care about creating today?
  • How might I best contribute right now?
  • What is holding me back?

I encourage you to experiment for yourself. Find a quiet place to reflect on where you are right now. How does your energetic state affect how you show up? How does your energetic state influence the energy of those around you?
 
What do you notice in observing your state, that helps you take charge of your own energy?

Let’s create a better future today!


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    ​The Observer focuses on practical steps to generate clarity, confidence, and leadership in ourselves and those around us. 

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