5 Key Values
I decided to share today this reading from one of my favorite mentors. and add a line where you can add your Key Value. Then copy your values onto 1 page and put it where you can view it for the rest of the program. You may want to journal this.
A key piece to playing at your absolute best as a leader (and as a person) is to ensure that your daily schedule reflects your deepest values. Anything less is a flight from integrity.
One of the exercises I've been taking our clients through at my "Leadership in Turbulent Times" workshop is called "The 5 Main Values." I take participants through a powerful visualization where they visit themselves, not as they now are but as they want to be at the end of their career. Then they record the main 5 values they will have wished they'd worked under.
I wanted to share my own 5 Main Values with you. I hope you'll share yours with me on Twitter so we can continue this conversation. Anyway, here are the top 5 values I want to work by and stay true to:
1. EXCELLENCE.
I adore this word. My goal is to work at a level of excellence, constantly refining my craft as an author and speaker - while delivering outrageous values to our clients.
My Excellence Value______________________________________________
2. PASSION.
Without passion, nothing great every gets built. Passion fuels innovation, builds a fantastic team and makes the impossible possible. I want to express my passion in all that I do. Otherwise, what's the point?My Passion Value
3. SELF-MASTERY.
You can't be a better leader than you are a person. So every day, I work intensely on developing my inner life. I read. I reflect. I write in a journal. I exercise. And do all those things I need to do to express my best.
what are you doing to Be a Better Leader__________________________________________
4. BEAUTY.
I'm an aesthete. I love beauty in all forms. So I make the time to look for beauty, in both expected and unexpected places. Interesting conversations are beautiful to me; brilliantly designed products (think Apple) are beautiful to me. Great food, fresh nature, cool architecture, a strong cup of coffee in the morning and modern art are all some of the things that fill my life with a sense of beauty.
I agree...I love beauty!!! I love an espresso in the am. I love a fresh Isagenix Shake in the am...filled with Isafruits, banana or sometimes Ionix and cinnamon...
I love My Apple too:) I love sunshine, I love the fresh smell of the ocean, I love the laughter of a friend, I love the enthusiasm and positiveness of business partners who call up with great excitement, I love a beautiful dinner out with friends, Yes...I have never thought of it...but I too am an aesthete, I love beauty in all forms.
5. CONTRIBUTION.
Leadership is about doing deeds that live on long after your death. I want to do things that will help people awaken to the fact that, regardless of what they do and where they are, they have the opportunity (and responsibility) to show leadership in their work and at their life. Few things are important to me than feeling I'm making a difference.
Giving back;
What are YOU doing?
Do you work in creative co operating, or in fear of loss?
Do you contribute to everyone you meet?
Maybe just sharing a smile and a "good morning"
Do you volenteer your love, or judgement?
Do you give to the person who may just a hug?
Where do you give back?
Journal your values.
Act on it.
Watch how your life changes....
I decided to share today this reading from one of my favorite mentors. and add a line where you can add your Key Value. Then copy your values onto 1 page and put it where you can view it for the rest of the program. You may want to journal this.
A key piece to playing at your absolute best as a leader (and as a person) is to ensure that your daily schedule reflects your deepest values. Anything less is a flight from integrity.
One of the exercises I've been taking our clients through at my "Leadership in Turbulent Times" workshop is called "The 5 Main Values." I take participants through a powerful visualization where they visit themselves, not as they now are but as they want to be at the end of their career. Then they record the main 5 values they will have wished they'd worked under.
I wanted to share my own 5 Main Values with you. I hope you'll share yours with me on Twitter so we can continue this conversation. Anyway, here are the top 5 values I want to work by and stay true to:
1. EXCELLENCE.
I adore this word. My goal is to work at a level of excellence, constantly refining my craft as an author and speaker - while delivering outrageous values to our clients.
My Excellence Value_________________________
2. PASSION.
Without passion, nothing great every gets built. Passion fuels innovation, builds a fantastic team and makes the impossible possible. I want to express my passion in all that I do. Otherwise, what's the point?My Passion Value
3. SELF-MASTERY.
You can't be a better leader than you are a person. So every day, I work intensely on developing my inner life. I read. I reflect. I write in a journal. I exercise. And do all those things I need to do to express my best.
what are you doing to Be a Better Leader____________________________________
4. BEAUTY.
I'm an aesthete. I love beauty in all forms. So I make the time to look for beauty, in both expected and unexpected places. Interesting conversations are beautiful to me; brilliantly designed products (think Apple) are beautiful to me. Great food, fresh nature, cool architecture, a strong cup of coffee in the morning and modern art are all some of the things that fill my life with a sense of beauty.
I agree...I love beauty!!! I love an espresso in the am. I love a fresh Isagenix Shake in the am...filled with Isafruits, banana or sometimes Ionix and cinnamon...
I love My Apple too:) I love sunshine, I love the fresh smell of the ocean, I love the laughter of a friend, I love the enthusiasm and positiveness of business partners who call up with great excitement, I love a beautiful dinner out with friends, Yes...I have never thought of it...but I too am an aesthete, I love beauty in all forms.
5. CONTRIBUTION.
Leadership is about doing deeds that live on long after your death. I want to do things that will help people awaken to the fact that, regardless of what they do and where they are, they have the opportunity (and responsibility) to show leadership in their work and at their life. Few things are important to me than feeling I'm making a difference.
Giving back;
What are YOU doing?
Do you work in creative co operating, or in fear of loss?
Do you contribute to everyone you meet?
Maybe just sharing a smile and a "good morning"
Do you volenteer your love, or judgement?
Do you give to the person who may just a hug?
Where do you give back?
Journal your values.
Act on it.
Watch how your life changes....