Affirming your Way to the Powerful Leader Within
The intense fires of the entrepreneurial path can be transformative, forging us into a better version of ourselves. But, we need to be intentional. I’ve boiled it down to five specific shifts that need to happen: leading with an open heart, maintaining a safe body, having a clear and present mind, being low ego, and maintaining a disciplined lifestyle.
One way to help each shift along is to use the affirming power of intentional and clear language. So I wrote two affirming statements for each of the five shifts that I’d like to share. These can be repeated in a morning ritual either before or after a meditation. Take a deep breath in between each one and feel the energy of what you are saying in your body.
Open heart:
• I lead with courage, stating my needs from my team and giving feedback directly and often.
• When people under perform, I give them the benefit of the doubt and balance accountability with support.
Safe body:
• When things go wrong, especially when disaster strikes, I lean into surrender and letting go, and remember that I am ultimately not in control.
• I am connected to the sensations in my body at all times and when I am tight, I make a plan of how to get relaxed.
Clear present mind:
• I use my morning ritual to calm the chatter in the mind and I continue that present moment focus throughout the day.
• I use my strong planning and my rumination journal daily to stay out of the future and in the present moment.
Low ego:
• My role as entrepreneur/CEO is only a part who I am and I check in and out of that role every day.
• I allow myself to be in service of the greater mission at hand - it is not about me.
Disciplined lifestyle:
• I’m committed to my daily rituals, which leave me with an open heart, safe body, clear and present mind and low ego.
• I keep the commitments that I make to myself, remembering that there is a worthwhile reason I chose to do these things.
I hope these are useful to your practice.
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