{"id":4114,"date":"2007-08-17T11:29:32","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T10:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2007-08-17T11:33:51","modified_gmt":"2007-08-17T10:33:51","slug":"on-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=4114","title":{"rendered":"ON LEADERSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sita-pati das<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi Folks, check out my new e-book on the subject of Leadership: “On Leadership”, available from www.atmayogi.com. In this 30 page e-book I examine two Leadership paradigms and discuss their applications in ISKCON.<\/p>\n

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There are two types of people in ISKCON who want to be powerful – those who want to be powerful in the organization, and those who want the organization to be powerful in the world. This book is meant for the latter.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Don’t disempower yourself by adopting the victim mentality – complaining about “the leaders” and the state of the “institution”. It’s actually accepting a worldview that contains these conceptions, of “the leaders” and “the institution” that stops you from realizing your potential in Krishna Consciousness. It’s your life, and ISKCON is what we make it – all of us. You<\/em> are a leader; now understand your own “response-ability”, step up, and set the example.<\/p>\n

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  • Leadership is not a position, it’s an action.<\/li>\n
  • Leadership is not the province of a select few, it’s the prerogative of all.<\/li>\n
  • Leadership is not an artificial imposition, it’s a natural consequence.<\/li>\n
  • Leadership is not about being above people, it’s about being in front of them.<\/li>\n
  • Leadership is not about entitlement, it’s about contribution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Leadership occurs when you respond to a need in such a way and to such a degree that it puts you out in front of others<\/em>.<\/p>\n

    Since we are all unique individuals each of us is uniquely suited to respond a need in a way that no-one else can. Each of us is uniquely suited to be the best in the world at something.<\/p>\n

    We all have our unique significant contribution, an area in which we can step up and respond to a need in a way that “puts us out in front”. As unique individuals we each have our particular area where we can manifest Leadership. As devotees we share the responsibility to show people how to do this in Krishna Consciousness.<\/p>\n

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    By following his qualities of work, every man can become perfect. Now please hear from Me how this can be done. By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, a man can attain perfection through performing his own work.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    – Bhagavad-gita<\/em> 18.45-46<\/p>\n

    Please read the ebook, put something into practice, and write me about your experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \"HareBy Sita-pati das<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Hi Folks, check out my new e-book on the subject of Leadership: “On Leadership”, available from www.atmayogi.com. In this 30 page e-book I examine two Leadership paradigms and discuss their applications in ISKCON.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announce","category-sita-pati-das"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}