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Number 59: Learning to lead
The first task in true leadership
Is to let go
of your pre-conceived ideas about things
This takes years of practice time maturity
and experience
failing getting up failing again getting up again
Over time
you learn to practice restraint on your verbal expressions
Over time
you learn to be moderate in your actions
Over time
you learn to be frugal about how you expend your energy
Over time
you learn how to come at the world from your center rather than from reactivity
When you have a deep authentic base
You can accomplish great things beyond what anyone expected
You treat everyone and especially those who trust you to lead them
With the firm wise compassion that a mother has for their child
And you inspire them with a vision
That arises from your deeply rooted foundation in the Ways of the Tao”
Number 59: Learning to lead
The first task in true leadership
Is to let go
of your pre-conceived ideas about things
This takes years of practice time maturity
and experience
failing getting up failing again getting up again
Over time
you learn to practice restraint on your verbal expressions
Over time
you learn to be moderate in your actions
Over time
you learn to be frugal about how you expend your energy
Over time
you learn how to come at the world from your center rather than from reactivity
When you have a deep authentic base
You can accomplish great things beyond what anyone expected
You treat everyone and especially those who trust you to lead them
With the firm wise compassion that a mother has for their child
And you inspire them with a vision
That arises from your deeply rooted foundation in the Ways of the Tao”