The 4 Questions Conscious Leaders Ask Themselves

Conscious leaders ask themselves four questions. Question number one, where am I? This is the location question. At any given moment, all of us are either above the line or below the line. When we're above the line, we're open and we're curious and we're interested in learning. When we're below the line, we're closed, defensive and wanting to prove we're right. The entryway, the on ramp to conscious leadership, is asking ourselves on a regular basis, where am I? The answer is always very short and very simple. I'm either above the line or below the line. Question number two, can I accept myself for being just where I am? Remember, when we're below the line, we're in a triggered reactive state. We're actually scared. We're in a threatened experience. The key, the antidote to fear and to being threatened is acceptance. Can I give myself one breath of acceptance for being just where I am? Question number three, am I willing to shift? Not do I want to shift? Most of the time we're going to want to shift. The question is, am I willing to shift? When we ask ourselves, are we willing to shift? We're not asking do we want the circumstances to be different? We're asking, am I willing to be with the issue from a different context? Am I willing to be with it from above the line instead of below the line? Remember that about 80% of the time, if we're really self aware and honest, we'll be unwilling to shift. That's perfect. We'll get just as much out of saying no, that we're actually unwilling to shift as we will shifting. If we're willing to shift. Question number four, how are we going to shift? At the conscious leadership group, we offer many, many different kinds of shift moves. There's literally a smorgasbord when you're willing, then you can pick from one of those about how you're going to shift. The four questions where am I? Can I accept myself? Am I willing to shift? How will I shift?