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Leadership
Partial article taken from Silva News, Issue 9, September 2005

By Carlos Garcia
Silva instructor, Argentina
You can contact Carlos at Ph.#: 0054-11-50933431

Ideally, a leader is someone respected, admired and followed by teams of colleagues. A good leader is able to guide others to accomplish an objective. A first-rate leader builds the best conditions for a company to improve. An ideal leader always sets a good example, and exerts a positive influence on others. By careful planning, an accomplished leader will inspire in an organization a higher performance level resulting in corporate profits and elevated status.

This is why true, strategic leadership is so needed in all the elements that comprise the modern world, be it business, sports, education, or technology.

Distinctive aspects of a leader

Creative: A proactive leader does not wait for opportunities to knock on the door; a great leader generates opportunities. A compassionate leader is familiar with struggling for wanted goals, knowing that, with effort and conviction, new accomplishments arise. A gifted leader can be the creator of extraordinary concepts and can, after a detailed analysis, pursue them with unshakable conviction.

Dynamic and flexible: An alert leader is aware of signs of change, either because there is something to be modified internally, or because the external situation requires a particular change. An adept leader knows communication skills and masters them, masters the cause and effect, the message communicated and the reply.

Empathetic: Using social magnetism, communicative skills and great charisma, an in-touch leader emotionally communes with others by adjusting to the way they prefer to be treated. A tolerant leader respects and values others’ opinions and feelings, encouraging open and sincere dialog.

Minimizes errors, induces confidence: A nurturing leader stimulates the personal growth of others. An adroit leader knows the significance of minimizing team errors, and generating confidence. Even better, a professional leader mentally creates an honest, positive reputation for every co-worker. A wise leader does not criticize, and does not patronize, but rather makes positive suggestions.

Organizes efficient teams: Ideally, the best leader is surrounded by extremely efficient professionals, perhaps more efficient than the leader might be, all with the goal of achieving the best possible result. A perceptive leader communicates goals clearly and describes the mechanisms of evaluation and control. A practical leader discusses with the team the comparative differences between estimated projections and feasible outcome. Together they can analyze and put into service the best solutions.

The ideal leader turns work into stimulating opportunities for every colleague, makes room for every initiative, and promotes the creation of new ideas. When it comes to setting a good example for others, the leader truly shines.

Components of an individual

The illustration shows the different domains that shape an individual, all of which can be improved by using the Silva Method. All are needed to achieve the best possible results in a project. All are used to positively influence a team of co-workers, thereby creating a sense of leadership in every employee.

One only has to apply The Silva Method to realize the best results in every aspect of life by improving the being, doing and knowing domains. You can influence everything surrounding you; the rewards are there, infinite and surprising. As you become more familiar with the Silva Method techniques you will find yourself with an increasingly positive attitude, which you can use to positively influence others.

Conclusion

All of these domains or spheres influence the soul, body and mind components of a person equally. So while we improve each domain for a particular reason, such as work or relationships, we put into effect the same principles in other aspects of our life.

By guiding your mind you can get in touch with your inner wisdom. Instead of letting your mind act as an out-of-control body part, leading you ever farther away from achieving a higher level of consciousness, you can, instead, let the Silva Method allow you to profoundly understand what is your real, indwelling purpose in life, and how to achieve it—all the while having a great time.

Sometimes we fail to recognize the right path to follow; we still insist on choosing piece-by piece to be completely logical, or completely material, or completely spiritual. The world appears to be made up of duality, contrast, good and bad, east and west.

I invite you to see the big picture, make your choices, and enjoy them. Make the most out of life, yours and everyone else’s. Don’t feel guilty for seeking happiness; happiness is not selfishness.

Happiness automatically transfers to others in touch with a happy person.

Omar Mustafa, my CSMI, tells the story about Michelangelo Buonarotti, artist and sculptor of the monumental statue of David, regarded by many as a masterpiece. Michelangelo was so proud of his work, that when he finished it he kicked the huge statue and shouted, “Speak!,” so perfect, so human it was.

So creative and intuitive was Michelangelo that he would stand in front of a block of stone and visualize the figure within. He would say that when he saw the stone, he also saw the figure inside it, and just got rid of the rest, the scraps.

What a joy it is to visualize your life differently, to see the perfect figure within you, and get rid of the scraps. It is then that you discover your complete and perfect self, a genuine masterpiece.

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