As a metaphor of an Authentic Leader’s journey you might want to try this exercise ...
take a piece of paper and calculate the result each day of a penny doubling for 31 days. The Authentic Leader has a passionate vision to reach day "31."
Watch how the results increase along the way. Each day represents a "lesson" that will be repeated until mastered.
Once mastered, the next lesson appears and the lessons never stop. At some point along the journey the leader's actions begin to "appear" and are seen by others.
Note that it does not take any more effort to go from day 1 to day 2 than it does to go from day 30 to 31 but you must stay the course to achieve those results and reach the vision.
Some of us become managers but I would suggest we all need to be Leaders. Whether conscious or unconscious we make this choice in every moment of every day. In the space in between stimulus and response is where these choices are made.
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