Tap Into The Consciousness To Learn Elegant Courage

Evolution And Personal Growth In Leadership

Leadership calls you to do the right thing, that's why not everybody is fit for the job. Evolution and personal growth catapults a leader to be several notches up above the mediocre. A remarkable leader knows a different brand of courage, elegant leadership courage. Elegant leadership courage is the soulful embrace of your core values... the confidence and choice to act on those values in both good and bad times. It is responding honestly to the given situation.

Values in a dogmatic sense is easy. People can easily profess that they are good and virtuous. But what about values that spring from your being? Goodness that comes from your heart? Humanity as it really is? Wisdom? Where does it come from?

Often, the terms consciousness and ego are associated. How do the ego and the consciousness relate to evolution, personal growth and authenticity?

People typically have the notion that the "ego" is the "sense of self". Sensory inputs from your body, your physical needs and your surroundings are imprinted and recorded in the ego. However, this "sense of self" is not all of what you are. The ego is just a small fraction of "you" as a being.

The Consciousness And The Ego

What is the consciousness? The consciousness is the larger, more permanent part of you. It survives death and that which is eternal. The ego is therefore a tool that the consciousness uses to be able to survive in the physical, finite reality where you, as a person also exists physically and are finite. The ego protects and sustains the immortal consciousness in the physical world. It reminds the consciousness that it has to live by the criteria of a physical and finite framework.

The ego, as the "self" in the physical framework has needs and wants. It tends to be attached to the reality of corporeal existence. If it has needs or wants that cannot be met, it can shout and subdue the consciousness, in which the consciousness could yield. The ego- the lower self- then dominates, and the consciousness, which is the higher self, the middle self and the whole self is forgotten.

Align With The Authentic Self

Consciousness is the all- knowing, wise director that knows your greater purpose. It is the Boss to which the ego should be trained to listen. The ego should therefore be refined and educated because it is the channel through which the consciousness transmits its higher wisdom. It may take years or experience or years of experience to align the ego with the consciousness.

Elegant leadership courage is the soulful embrace of your core values. You'll feel what you stand for and embrace the wisdom of your authentic self when you harness the ego and listen to your higher self.