Lead On... :D Lead Err

I have over my years of work had the chance and privilege to work with many people of diverse skills… I have been really lucky to have attracted some truly brilliant opportunities and brilliant results to back the gut feel on which I was hired. There have been some faulous influencers in my life and often... with them came a special message that have become life lessons... and here I am sharing them with you... I've chose to go from human... to super human.... to a superb human... I hope you love this piece... It will remind you to scan your own life for 3 of the greatest influencers who have contributed to your greatest reality... YOU

There came a time… when all I wanted was to learn and I manifested great teachers… when I wanted to explore… I manifested adventure… and at every stage, I picked up a new skill that has brought me to the place I am… NOW.

Leaders have a rare quality… when they simply walk past you… you can feel the aura of their presence around you. Their consciousness expands and fills the spaces around with a sense of wellness.

I most fondly remember, meeting with Ranjan Marwah, Chairman, Executive Access Limited… just being around him filled me with a sense of awe… I don’t know if it was his towering personality or the command in his stride… you couldn’t help but notice him. Another striking aspect of his personality… well… the ability to talk you into talking more than what may seem relevant but enough for him to assess you.

He prepared himself to address the lot of us… as he rested rather informally on the runner… one look at the people all around and you could see that they were intimidated by his frame and the tone of his voice… friendly and firm. As he spoke… his tonal quality was perfectly suited for large audiences… he knew just when the listeners were fading out and fading in… and each one I guess also knew, that he was keeping a watchful eye on each expression on their face. Brilliant!!!

From him I learnt how to hold my own in a larger audience… it isn’t the designation… it is the persona that commands attention… so… be the unpredictable person people expect you to be… gauge them… know their mind… and let them starting thinking again… the moment they think they’ve decoded you.

Another very special ability that a leader possesses is to be able keep their perspectives in check, observe more, absorb less and most importantly to be to be a pied piper… when the thoughts he/she reflects becomes the thoughts people want to go with, you know you are in the presence of a leader.

Often you will find a leader simply doing what may seem to be insignificant things, which may seem like the person is challenged… ha ha ha … but you know what… that is the time that is spent in grounding every thought… creating a space where nothing is as important as the moment… this is a time when the human mind… if receptive… is likely to make the most important breakthroughs or receive insights that could possibly change their own perspectives as well as that of the people that choose to follow the example you set.

Leaders, often don’t say things that are difficult to comprehend… they just inspire you enough to absorb from them all that you require to live the vision and bear witness to every realization of a thought/idea that comes from the leader. A leader also often, if not always develops a special way of reaching out and touching your life without as much as touching you… a leader simply magnetises.

I may not have met him… but I have had the awesome chance to have heard a million stories about him. Sri Sri, I am sure you too would’ve heard of him… most often … I am told… he passes you by… and simply asks…”Khush ho?” and his aura fills you with the knowingness of the fact that he has touched your life. I am also told that you cannot ever remain the same… once you have been blessed to meet him… hmmm… I guess :) His simplicity is what draws you … it does.

From him, I learnt to always smile… when greeting people… you happiness expands beyond yourself and fills the space around you with wellness. It isn’t the sentences that you speak but the gentleness and purity of a child that reaches out and touches lives… it isn’t the person… it is the aura of the inner being.

Leaders also inspire you to believe in impossible dreams and it is amazing how their charisma creates a vote of complete confidence for every listener, and everyone, instinctively follows the leader.

His words aren’t flamboyant, they are pretty matter of fact. He knows his facts, he knows he’s responsible… he knows it ain’t gonna be easy… but he promises that he will make things better… and all he asks… is that the people… trust him… for he is just one of them… with an opportunity, a platform to bring all the goodness back… but before goodness prevails… maybe things will turn worse… for a while… but we must therefore look at this as the bad breathing its last… before good can take its place… When I write this… I am thinking of the perfect leader of all times… Jesus Christ.

From Jesus I learnt the most important lesson of all… love beyond yourself… and believe in yourself… what you say shall come to pass… for life is revealed through many tribulations… but every tribulation is a thought… that manifested.

Here’s what a true leader leaves unsaid… in most of his speeches… this is what your leaders’ inner voice says and your inner voice hears… and chooses him/her beyond every other candidate to win your trust and confidence…

“I will lead you…if you choose to let me. I am just one of you… I know your deepest fears and I promise to protect your interests, always. I am you, just as much as you are me in every sense.”