Attending the second leadership class taken by Mr. Anil Sachdev was even more enlightening.
The session was about the “Immunity to change”. To change a habit is something easier said than done. Sometimes we are not even in the position to identify the need to change. This session was all about realizing the need to change and things which would make the journey to bring about this change easier.
I strongly believed in the philosophy that – “A person always wins if he manages to keep all his focus and trust on himself in every situation.” Anil sir started the session with the discussion based on the emphasis on knowing, focusing and building the SELF. This all the more helped me in strengthening my belief and working on it. There were many exercises done in the class which helped us introspect and know ourselves better. Understanding our own strengths and weaknesses, people who matter to us and utilizing our gifts in best ways possible to see them happy will what make us successful.
As the discussion moved further, we were sensitized about the significance of setting a purpose in life. Setting a higher purpose in life always helps us grow better. There has to be deep sense of love and commitment towards our goal, which will give us that extra mile, the additive bit, the extraordinary courage to accomplish the assumed impossible task.
“Life is indeed darkness save when there is urge,
And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge,
And all knowledge is vain save when there is work,
And all work is empty save when there is love. Work is Love made visible” – a famous quote by Khalil Gibran (“The Prophet”) clearly signifies the importance of work and working with passion and love towards the achievement of our goals. We do take many initiatives in our lives but how many we really finish - is something we need to ponder. Today, there is a high value of appreciation added to an attitude which initiates something and is able to finish it to completion, what is termed as a “finitiative” attitude.
Many a times there are some of our own habits which stop us working towards our goals. Some hidden competing commitments which make us deviate from the focus centric path of working towards our goal. We were then made to learn something what is called as “Immunity X-Ray”.
The exercise of Immunity X-Ray was basically divided into five steps.
In the first step we had to identify a habit which we wanted to inculcate in us which inturn will help us working towards our preset goal.
Second step was that we needed to identify the action we did (which was just opposite to the habit we wanted to inculcate)
Thirdly we had to identify the hidden competing commitment which was actually playing the dare devil and not letting us follow the correct path.
Fourthly we had to identify the assumptions which were fuelling the hidden competing commitments and were making them larger than the positives in us.
After identifying all the above stated things, we were asked to revisit our positive sets of values and strengths which will help fighting off the focus deviating assumptions and will bring us back to the path which will ultimately lead us to the achievement of our preset goal.
This exercise made us really give a deep thought on what we set for ourselves and what we actually do.
If I were asked to sum this session up in one word I would just say –“introspective”. This is what we really need to do to exactly know ourself and when we would know ourselves then only we would really be able to do well and inspire others and that will in true sense mean – inspired leadership.
The session was about the “Immunity to change”. To change a habit is something easier said than done. Sometimes we are not even in the position to identify the need to change. This session was all about realizing the need to change and things which would make the journey to bring about this change easier.
I strongly believed in the philosophy that – “A person always wins if he manages to keep all his focus and trust on himself in every situation.” Anil sir started the session with the discussion based on the emphasis on knowing, focusing and building the SELF. This all the more helped me in strengthening my belief and working on it. There were many exercises done in the class which helped us introspect and know ourselves better. Understanding our own strengths and weaknesses, people who matter to us and utilizing our gifts in best ways possible to see them happy will what make us successful.
As the discussion moved further, we were sensitized about the significance of setting a purpose in life. Setting a higher purpose in life always helps us grow better. There has to be deep sense of love and commitment towards our goal, which will give us that extra mile, the additive bit, the extraordinary courage to accomplish the assumed impossible task.
“Life is indeed darkness save when there is urge,
And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge,
And all knowledge is vain save when there is work,
And all work is empty save when there is love. Work is Love made visible” – a famous quote by Khalil Gibran (“The Prophet”) clearly signifies the importance of work and working with passion and love towards the achievement of our goals. We do take many initiatives in our lives but how many we really finish - is something we need to ponder. Today, there is a high value of appreciation added to an attitude which initiates something and is able to finish it to completion, what is termed as a “finitiative” attitude.
Many a times there are some of our own habits which stop us working towards our goals. Some hidden competing commitments which make us deviate from the focus centric path of working towards our goal. We were then made to learn something what is called as “Immunity X-Ray”.
The exercise of Immunity X-Ray was basically divided into five steps.
In the first step we had to identify a habit which we wanted to inculcate in us which inturn will help us working towards our preset goal.
Second step was that we needed to identify the action we did (which was just opposite to the habit we wanted to inculcate)
Thirdly we had to identify the hidden competing commitment which was actually playing the dare devil and not letting us follow the correct path.
Fourthly we had to identify the assumptions which were fuelling the hidden competing commitments and were making them larger than the positives in us.
After identifying all the above stated things, we were asked to revisit our positive sets of values and strengths which will help fighting off the focus deviating assumptions and will bring us back to the path which will ultimately lead us to the achievement of our preset goal.
This exercise made us really give a deep thought on what we set for ourselves and what we actually do.
If I were asked to sum this session up in one word I would just say –“introspective”. This is what we really need to do to exactly know ourself and when we would know ourselves then only we would really be able to do well and inspire others and that will in true sense mean – inspired leadership.
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