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Quote of the Month
One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.
Sigmund Freud
(1856-1939)
Austrian psychiatrist |
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Coach's
Challenge
Perception is reality. In your interactions this month, make a conscious effort to really consider how what another person says about you might be true and honestly evaluate how you might have contributed to their perception.
What might you need to change about you? |
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Janna Rust
913-219-7844
14543 Chadwick St.
Leawood, KS 66224 |
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Greetings!
Stress can bring out the best and worst in all of us and we all know that we can't get away from stress these days. With that said, how well do you know your best and worst self? Sadly enough, most of us have blurred vision when it comes to seeing ourselves for how we really appear.
Being authentic involves really taking the time to get to know ourselves. Great leaders know what they are good at, bugged by, and passionate about. In addition, they know and appreciate others for who they are, even if they are different.
Bring your leadership to a new level. Let your guard down this month and take a journey into self-awareness. It may just open your eyes to a whole new world.
Warmly,
Janna
Janna Rust
Founder
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The Journey to Authentic Leadership:Examine Your Story
The difference with authentic leaders lies in the way they frame their stories. Their life stories provide the context for their lives, and through them they find their passion and inspiration to to make an impact on the world. (Bill George, True North, p. 15)
No one has a story exactly the same as yours. Our individual journeys, with their peaks and valleys, shape the way we live and lead. Both our personal and professional experiences develop our leadership gifts over time. From each experience we learn more about our passion to lead. Have you ever stopped to consider how your unique story has shaped and equipped you to impact those around you?
Today I'm going to share with you an exercise called the "Path of Life", that gave me tremendous insights into my own leadership style. Drawing the path of our lives enables us to examine the impact of our past upon our present and future. Take a piece of paper and start in the bottom left corner, labeling the starting point of the line "Birth". Then draw the path of your life from there to the upper right corner. Put some twists and turns on the page. Be creative as you let your life story unfold before you. Label the milestones - places you have lived, significant achievements, relationships, family, life-changing lessons learned... anything that is important to you. Draw some pictures to represent the events on the timeline of your life.
When you are finished, look at your path and divide it into four or five chapters marked by significant events in your life. Give each chapter a descriptive title and label the chapters on your path. Your life story has made you into the person you are today. How can you better use it to impact your world tomorrow?
Next month: Learning from your story.
Note: Exercise taken from Finding Your True North: A Personal Guide, by Bill George. |
How Thick Is Your Lense?
Seeing Through the Fog of Self
Just because we can physically see doesn't mean we can't also be blind. While most clients agree that the assessments I use are at least 85% accurate, each time I coach someone through a behavior or strengths assessment, at some point in the debrief, I still hear the comment "I don't think I'm really like this". The stark reality is that other people often see our behaviors better than we do.
In today's fast-paced culture, most of us don't take the time to intentionally get to know ourselves and how our behavior impacts other people. We tend to look at the world through the fog of self, living on autopilot and assuming that everyone automatically thinks the same way we do. When others behave in ways we personally would not act, we deem them irrational or ignorant, resulting in more internal frustration and outward conflict than necessary.
The good news is that clarity trumps emotion. With a little education and observation, we gain an understanding of ourselves and others. We learn that different isn't bad or "stupid", its just different. Better communication ensues and much of the conflict melts away. Finally, we see things as they truly are.
How well do you know yourself? How do you react when someone tells you something about your behavior that you don't want to hear? The next time it happens, ask yourself "How could that be me?" and you might just learn something new about yourself.
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