Description of Challenge
We often forget all the people, places, and processes that have positively formed us.
We tend to be more aware of those that have held us back. In the business of
leadership, we can lose sight of our deepest sense of purpose (what James Hillman
would call “The Soul’s Code”) and thus our leadership loses its depth and meaning.
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to
one's selfesteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their
own selfimportance, learn so easily.
Thomas Szasz
Solution
Taking time to reflect and reconnect. This can be done in many different ways,
including journaling, regular meditation, going into nature (e.g. vision quest). It is also
helpful to create embodied experiences or “rituals” that honour our roots.
References:
● Hillman, James. The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling. New
York: Warner Books, 1997.
● Vision Quest: Retrieved March 2015
http://www.schooloflostborders.org/content/huffingtonpostwhatvisionquestan
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● Exercise: Embodying Success
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