The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

What if the big questions of life were not “How can we fix this?” or “How can we keep this from happening?” or “Who’s to blame for this being this way?” but instead “What can we learn from this since life is all about learning and growing?”

Conscious leaders are open to the possibility that instead of controlling and changing the world, perhaps the world is just right the way it is. This creates huge growth opportunities on a personal and organizational level.

We like to tell people to imagine that their body is made up of billions of “bits.” Ask yourself this useful question, “What are the bits doing?” Words like twisting, popping, tightening, spinning, and flowing are good descriptions. Be as specific and as granular as possible.

The primary learning is this: When asked to check in with current feeling states the accurate answer is “I feel…” followed by one or more of the five core emotions. If the words “I feel” are followed by “that” or “like,” you are expressing a thought, not describing a feeling.

What if there is no way the world should be and no way the world shouldn’t be? What if the world just shows up the way the world shows up? What if the great opportunity of life isn’t in trying to get the world to be a certain way, but rather in learning from whatever the world gives us? What if curiosity and learning are really the big game, not be

When you feel the need to get serious or work much harder, consider doing the following: Take a couple of minutes to argue for why you can’t have what you really want. Make up a country song title that describes your current issue and sing a line. Have a fifteen-second temper tantrum. Be sure to include your whole body and make noise. For thirty se

our experience, most leaders replace natural wonder with “figuring it out,” a very different consciousness. Figuring it out presupposes that there is AN answer and the goal is to use the mind to find it.

When we move away from blaming, criticizing, and living in victim-villain-hero mode, we naturally invite others to do the same—without even saying a word. Step two in supporting others is to form relationships at work and home where all parties make a conscious decision to end blame and criticism and to take 100% responsibility for their lives, com

what happens is not just a neutral experience, but rather a custom-ordered curriculum for our highest development as people and as members of teams and organizations.