Weekly Inspirations
2019 — Q2W27 — Mastery
Striving for Mastery is a key wellspring of self-leadership
Make decisions based on values, intuition and inspiration instead of instincts and beliefs.
According to Richard Barrett, “humans have developed six ways of decision-making: instincts, subconscious beliefs, conscious beliefs, values, intuition, and inspiration“. The difference between the first three and the second three is vast. Instincts-based decision‐making kicks in to help us survive and avoid dangerous situations. Belief-based decision-making requires us to “make meaning of our world through our beliefs and most of these beliefs have to do with our personal and cultural upbringing“, or in other words, our past and our environment. Values, intuition and inspiration are a new navigation that allows us to create a future that resonates deeply with who we really are, the human systems we are part of, and the world we want to live in.
Apply systems thinking as the discipline of seeing the whole and making sense of the full context.
Most of us remain focused our whole life on separate people, events and facts. When unhappy with the final outcome, we look for the guilty one or the knight in shining armor that will come and make things right. We keep treating symptoms rather than looking at the whole to find repeating patterns and the real reasons.
Wisdom and mastery are about provoking insights, knowing that there are always more perspectives to the one we currently hold, being comfortable with not knowing, striving to see the whole picture and the interconnectedness and interrelatedness of everything., finding underlying patterns and tuning into the heart, mind and soul in everything we do.
Be committed and patient as the ultimate way to nurture your quest and deep transformation.
Commitment is not about responsibilities; it is about the invitation to become what we were meant to become, the call to achieve our vital design.
Patience is not about inertness, but perseverance, drive and stamina because any worthwhile transformation entails hurdles and takes time.
Only with commitment and patience we find that a powerful force exists beyond ourselves and our conscious will, a force that helps us along the way, nurturing our quest and deep transformation. Experiencing synchronicities should bring a smile on our face and a confirmation that we are on the right track.
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