Dalai Lama - Leadership Lessons
The Dalai Lama offers significant lessons in values-based leadership given his journey and his spirtual leadership across the world. One of my favorite pieces from him is his "eight verses for training the mind." I will share 2 of the mental lessons:
"Whenever I associate with others I will learn
To think of myself as the lowest among all
And respectfully hold others to be supreme
From the very depths of my heart."
and another favorite of mine:
"In all actions I will learn to search into my mind
And as soon as an afflictive emotion arises
Endangering myself and others
Will firmly fce and avert it."
You can ponder the individualized meaning of these mental messages, but an overall lesson is the need to be mentally proactive in dealing with challenges of leadership. Much in the same way that Tiger Woods imagines where his shot will go, leaders should anticipate where they will have to act and visualize how they will address the situation.
I am off for some vacation time the next couple of weeks. I will try and post some, but my rate of posting my slow down... who knows, things sometime happen on vacation that inspire the mind....
Posted at 07:00PM Jul 02, 2006 by mowen in General |