Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 1:12am ·
Do
I still have the "I'm great, and you are not" disease? I was just
reading the Tribal Leadership and I got myself thinking. Do I genuinely
want to help others? Or do I still have my own agenda? Do I really
promote teamwork or do I still want to look good surrounded by people
listening to me?
I'm not yet finished with the book but I'm happy to know that really sometimes you get back to your little self then to your big self again then little then big and so on and so forth. And it is just normal since we are humans. We are not mechanical robots that can be programmed and act consistently. Now that was a relief.
If you would notice, this is the first CEO File with more than 2 words. This is so because I think this is one of the important things we need to remember as members of a team. And actually, I'm observing right now my own words in writing this article. This is to know if I still have the disease that I mentioned in the 1st paragraph. Yes, I'm still in the process of growing. And I will always make a point of always growing. Even if I will get to know more the best me, I know it's actually limitless. And I believe it's the case of everybody.
The practice to get rid of the disease is using the word "we" instead of "I" and "me." The disease will always comeback and actually, at times, we need it. This is not called the disease, by the way, in the book. I just call it that way so I can avoid it and would only use it if necessary. That is the key to this whole mastery. If you are able to shift levels and still you are aware of yourself, you just embodied the master to being a tribal leader.
I'm not sure if I'm saying this clearly but I think it would also be hard to explain everything here. I would invite you to buy the book Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan and others if you wish to understand more. I guess I'll just share to you the basic levels and they are as follows:
1. "life sucks." This is the level of what we know as people with victim mindsets. Everyone of us undergoes this stage. And the book says, we really undergo all of the stages.
2. "my life sucks." Now this is a behavior different from the 1st. The person sees others have better lives and his is not. The above behavior is although he may see that other people have better lives but he believes they are just pretending to have better lives."Life sucks" means no hope."My life sucks" means there is some hope.
3. "i'm great." and pretending not to continue with", and you're not." I think this is the core value of most self-employed then they are able to get out of it when they become businessmen that works with a team.
4."we're great." This behavior really trusts the team.
5."let's improve life." or something like that.
We undergo on all of the stages and the goal is to be able to achieve the last level. The challenge is one cannot achieve the last level without being part of a team. I was actually surprised one of their tips was "Learn Business." I couldn't agree more most especially I'm a businessman. And I'm very much an advocate of teamwork. I just think it would be hard for others to transition especially those who are not yet aware the benefits of being an entrepreneur. Also to those having a hard time working with a team. Or am I stating this because I'm in the disease mode? Well, I would commit to never give up on people. That was also one of the tips the book advised.
Would we actually be able to achieve world peace? And also make our mother earth healthier? I'm just excited to see it if ever it would happen! I'm also praying for it. I guess my challenge to the readers would be really understand the mechanics of a team and bring some friends with you to that journey. I'm not sure if it's the right path but I think it's one of the fun journeys we can take!
Cheers!
Ludwigology
http://facebook.com/ludwigology
I'm not yet finished with the book but I'm happy to know that really sometimes you get back to your little self then to your big self again then little then big and so on and so forth. And it is just normal since we are humans. We are not mechanical robots that can be programmed and act consistently. Now that was a relief.
If you would notice, this is the first CEO File with more than 2 words. This is so because I think this is one of the important things we need to remember as members of a team. And actually, I'm observing right now my own words in writing this article. This is to know if I still have the disease that I mentioned in the 1st paragraph. Yes, I'm still in the process of growing. And I will always make a point of always growing. Even if I will get to know more the best me, I know it's actually limitless. And I believe it's the case of everybody.
The practice to get rid of the disease is using the word "we" instead of "I" and "me." The disease will always comeback and actually, at times, we need it. This is not called the disease, by the way, in the book. I just call it that way so I can avoid it and would only use it if necessary. That is the key to this whole mastery. If you are able to shift levels and still you are aware of yourself, you just embodied the master to being a tribal leader.
I'm not sure if I'm saying this clearly but I think it would also be hard to explain everything here. I would invite you to buy the book Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan and others if you wish to understand more. I guess I'll just share to you the basic levels and they are as follows:
1. "life sucks." This is the level of what we know as people with victim mindsets. Everyone of us undergoes this stage. And the book says, we really undergo all of the stages.
2. "my life sucks." Now this is a behavior different from the 1st. The person sees others have better lives and his is not. The above behavior is although he may see that other people have better lives but he believes they are just pretending to have better lives."Life sucks" means no hope."My life sucks" means there is some hope.
3. "i'm great." and pretending not to continue with", and you're not." I think this is the core value of most self-employed then they are able to get out of it when they become businessmen that works with a team.
4."we're great." This behavior really trusts the team.
5."let's improve life." or something like that.
We undergo on all of the stages and the goal is to be able to achieve the last level. The challenge is one cannot achieve the last level without being part of a team. I was actually surprised one of their tips was "Learn Business." I couldn't agree more most especially I'm a businessman. And I'm very much an advocate of teamwork. I just think it would be hard for others to transition especially those who are not yet aware the benefits of being an entrepreneur. Also to those having a hard time working with a team. Or am I stating this because I'm in the disease mode? Well, I would commit to never give up on people. That was also one of the tips the book advised.
Would we actually be able to achieve world peace? And also make our mother earth healthier? I'm just excited to see it if ever it would happen! I'm also praying for it. I guess my challenge to the readers would be really understand the mechanics of a team and bring some friends with you to that journey. I'm not sure if it's the right path but I think it's one of the fun journeys we can take!
Cheers!
Ludwigology
http://facebook.com/ludwigology
