Facts and The World Around

The amazing Dr. Maya Angelou understood the profound difference between management (what is done) and leadership (how things are done). She expressed it with her unique heart-full clarity when she said:   "People will forget what you said, they will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Here are 5 things that successful leaders know about leadership that make us want to follow them: 1. You must become deeply self-aware and then get over yourself and be "other" focused.   Sounds strange, I know, but it is true. I talk a lot about the importance of self-awareness in leadership. It is a key component of emotional intelligence. But what isn’t talked about very often is the interconnected and essential next step: getting over yourself. Only then can you become the kind of leader who is fully focused on those around you who have placed their trust in you. When you are able to suspend your own ego, you can really see and hear...

GO !   And, you step out of the flying airplane into the space and dip into a free-fall.  You experience the “gravity”. Your mind just blows out to nowhere. What a rush of “excitement-thrill” ? I am only assuming looking up towards the sky; trying to figure out those brave individuals take the dive from the sky above . Sky Diving! Why did you do this? Do you possess an extraordinary form of motivation to take up such a step otherwise then that of the natives, daring to jump from the space of air onto the Earth? I assume undertaking extreme sports are a food on the plate for you to indulge in high-risk actions in your ways and means of life. You have to be different. You are ! An avid diver says, “We are folks from all walks of life: students, blue-collar workers, engineers, doctors, nurses, you name it. Maybe, what we have in common is an affinity for a high-risk sport. Likewise, some indulge in scuba diving, kayaking, rock climbing, or skiing. There is a sen...