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“Everyone is navigating life; those with a vision know where
they are going. Without a vision you cannot establish priorities, recognize
what is important, find people who can
help you, find the resources that are available to you, or focus your
time and energy so you know how to live on purpose. Without a vision you float
through life as driftwood along the sea.
Visions are mental images of something you wish to create,
manifest, or achieve. Organizations have visions, just as each member of the
organization should as well. A business plan is a physical recording of a
mental vision that is to be created. You create your life twice: first in the
nonphysical Quantum universe of mind, emotion, and spirit and then in the
physical universe. The first is the vision, a vision of what you will create” Victoria DePaul
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Creating the Intrepreneur
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Causal Leadership: Defined |
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So just what is Causal Leadership? To begin let’s define Leadership. Leadership is the activity or intention of directing or influencing the behaviors and thoughts of people in order to attain a goal. It is the deliberate use of power to achieve the desired results. It is critical to your success that you understand that it is not power over people that allows you to achieve your goals; it is through power with people that you achieve positive results. In order to accomplish this you must understand the concept of ‘Energy’.
First, understand that all that exists is Energy. Life is about Energy. Your results in life are dependent on how you use and control energy. As a leader, your results are dependent upon your use and control of organizational energy. While energy exists in many different forms, your primary concern as a leader is the energy of the individual, the Quantum Human Energy that exists within each of us. These are the energies that fuel our thoughts, passions, emotions, ideas, motivations, and self-esteem. “Energy” is classified as a Quantum Life Energy when it cannot be produced by physical means or measured by scientific instruments. Such energies are Life Energies; they are produced, perceived, and used by people – Life entities. You can’t go down to the local hardware store and say, “Give me a pound of love, a quart of intelligence, and a bag of happiness.”
The forms of Human Quantum Energy, Life Energy, include will, consciousness, mental energy, emotional energy, human communications, and relationships. The sounds or the words on paper that we make to communicate are physical energies; but what we communicate— information, ideas, feelings, beliefs, values, desires, and needs, are non-physical, Quantum Energies. Likewise, information, knowledge, intelligence, creativity, and intuition are also Quantum Energies. Information may be represented physically with letters on this page, or 1 and 0’s in a computer memory, but the information itself is mental energy.
You operate on energy. At the end of a day you are usually tired, of low-energy, and must sleep to recharge your life energy. You awaken in the morning full of energy for a new day, or charged with Negative Energy if you are unhappy with your life situation. You may think that is a purely physical, biological energy recharge, but sleeping is much more than that. It also recharges your Quantum Life Energy consciousness and will. Your mind operates with energy. Every thought, idea, datum, memory, image, vision, and plan is an energy form, molded by the energy of your will, and perceived by the energy that is your consciousness.Your emotions are energies. Joy, passion, love, enthusiasm, satisfaction, monotony, indifference, anger, fear, anxiety, rage, worry, guilt, resentment, hate, sorrow, loneliness, sadness, grief, desperation, and depression – all of these are energies. Pain and suffering; love and happiness are all energies.
Understanding that the most important energies of all are the Human Quantum Energies within the individual – mind, feelings, and your interactions with others – is critical to your power in life. These are the Energies that most affect and control the individual, family, groups, and organizations. As we shall see, they are the most powerful energies that exist. Power is the ability to produce the desired results in any area of life, and for any person or any group. As Quantum Energy is the most powerful of all energies, your Power in life depends on your ability to control your Quantum Energies. Causal Leadership begins here: understanding that your results depend on your ability to understand the Quantum Energies of those in your organization. |
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Why Causal Leadership? Just Ask Barack Obama |
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“I’m asking you to believe.
Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington….
I’m asking you to believe in yours.”
On July 27th, 2004 I busied myself around the house, lost in my thoughts as I completed household chores. In the background the TV droned on, tuned in to the Democratic National Convention. A man that I had never heard of caught my attention. He introduced himself as Barack. “Was that a first name or a last name?” I wondered.
I ceased what I was doing, sat down, immersed in his address.
There was an energy, a passion, in this young man that was very different than other politicians. He was direct, purposeful, and sincere— dare I say— authentic— in his remarks. He conveyed integrity, enthusiasm and commitment. I was riveted, barely able to move. “Who is this man?” I repeatedly asked myself. It was in those moments that I knew that I was looking at a future president.
What is remarkable was that I was not alone. The next day at work, Barack Obama was the topic of conversation. I was not the only one replaying his speech on the internet. I was not the only one who believed that a distinguished leader had emerged. Others felt the same energy. I hadn’t lost my mind. The journey that we are now on, the belief in the audacity of hope, began for many of us on July 27th, 2004.
It is now the summer of 2008. Our journey moves forward to the Democratic National Convention of 2008. This time Barack Obama will not deliver the keynote address. He will instead, offer his acceptance speech as the Democratic Candidate for the Presidency of the United States. I have no doubt that on January 20th, 2009 he will deliver his first speech as President of the United States of America. This comes as no surprise to many of us who first heard his 2004 keynote address. We understand that this is the inevitable next step for a man who has already claimed his place in history.
So how did a skinny boy with large ears and a funny name find himself at this place, at this time? How did a boy who defines cultural, racial, religious and international diversity find himself poised to become leader of the most powerful country on the planet? He did it by following the principles of Causal Leadership. And what is Causal Leadership? The quote at the top of this page begins to describe it.
Causal Leadership begins with the power that exists within each of us. Barack Obama knows this energy, this power, well. He understands how these universal principles are at work, not only within him, but within others as well. To become a Causal Leader it is not necessary to read another word here. You can simply observe Barack Obama in action. I have nothing new to offer here. All I can promise you is documentation on what is unfolding right in front of you. I will present the universal principles of human energy systems that I have also used with enormous success. Often I am asked, “But do these principles really work?” To which I now reply, “Just ask Barack Obama.” |
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What is the energy climate in your workplace? |
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2008-04-23
The primary cause of conflicts, problems, and reduced production is negative human energy in the organization. Negative human energies cause interpersonal frictions, sabotage, errors, and therefore loss of power, competitive edge, and profitability. Negative Quantum energies include: anger, resentment, hostility, anxiety, jealousy, hate, fear, loneliness, sadness, greed, ambition, dishonesty, dislike, ego, victim, irresponsibility, laziness, indifference, apathy, and depression - to name a few. It is negative human energy that reduces the power of an organization much more so than problems with the machinery or other physical systems of the organization.
No energy system - including the human being - was designed to work with negative energy!
The cause of negative energies in people, and therefore in the organization, are errors in how people think life works.
Negative energy is not necessary. You can eliminate it! |
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