I just read "Heroic Leadership: Best Practices From A 450 Year Old Company That Changed The World" by Chris Lowney.
He is a former Jesuit priest turned corporate investment banker. He describes Jesuit practices of how to become a better leader and one of the practices is to meditate for 5 minutes three times a day.
I wish to record the meat of my meditations...to keep me focused and moving forward.
The first focus is that divine love pours out into the world without end. It is not a limited quantity. This means knowing I and everyone around me is a "loved person of unique dignity and potential...". I don't have to respect the person but I do need to respect their divine spirit. The next focus is to meditate on my key personal goals. Career, Relationships, Financial, Home.
The next focus is to take stock of my actions thus far in the day to see if they helped me reach my long term goals or moved me in the opposite direction. In the words of Al-Anon or AA, take a "fearless moral inventory" twice a day based on my actions. And if they were in the opposite direction to ask for divine help in moving me in the right direction.
The final focus is a "restless drive to imagine a greater project, or a better way of accomplishing the current problems". It also touches on motivation. What goals motivate you that you would go beyond 100% effort to achieve them. That idea of athletes going beyond what they thought possible to achieve the impossible.
So the meditations are:
-Key goals -Divine Love -Fearless moral inventory -Motivation
Sunday, April 10, 2011
10 April 2011
I didn't make time today when I got up, as I was on the computer getting ready to head to Galveston before my coffee was ready. During the drive to Galveston I will have some down time to think about this. So I will post something later on today.
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