Awareness, Leadership Traits from Deepak Chopra

Hi! Welcome back.  I’m continuing my review of Deepak Chopra’s acronym for a leader, so far we’ve look at the letter L and E today it’s the letter A which stands for Awareness.  Below is Deepak Chopra’s thoughts on awareness and what it means in regards to leadership.  These excerpts are taken from his book the Soul of Leadership.

A = Awareness. 

Awareness is the birthplace of possibility.  Everything you want to do, everything you want to be, starts here.  To be a successful visionary, you must be as aware as possible.  At every moment, many paths lead forward.  Awareness tells you which is the right one to take.

As a leader, your own awareness affects everyone around you.  Those whom you lead and serve depend on your grasp of the situation.  You must reach inside for the right response.  You alone can raise the group’s awareness from lower needs to higher needs.  To do that, you first must fulfill each need in yourself.

Awareness is a synonym for consciousness.  There is no limit to what you can change, because consciousness brings light to every aspect of life.  But if your c is constricted, everything else will be too.  On the other hand, if you are in a state of expanded awareness, everything else will expand.  The most ancient wisdom traditions say, “know that one thing by which all else is known.”  That one thing is consciousness itself.  Nothing has a greater power of transformation.

Awareness is innate—you don’t have to seek it outside yourself.  But expanded awareness must be cultivated.  Below is Deepak Chopra’s Awareness Program:

·         Stop struggling

·         Keep listening to your inner voice

·         Mediate in order to reach the core of your awareness

·         Test your boundaries

·         Remain centered

·         Look beyond your personal beliefs

·         Gather information from every source

·         Learn to have clear intentions

·         Value inner peace

At first glance this one trait seems obvious right?  How can one be a leader without being aware of what’s going on around them or what’s possible?  Sadly, many times people in leadership positions “can’t see the forest from the trees”.  Can you think back on a time when you missed the obvious signs or clues to a situation?  We all can that’s why we are human.  All of us struggle with some situation or predicament at some point in our lives; at present my predicament is trying to get a marketing brochure together for my new business.  Think about what problems you maybe going through at the moment could Chopra’s awareness program work for you?  Thanks for reading and please tell me what you think about this blogspot, until next time all my best!  Jer