An ex-slave woman told of the doctrine of resistance passed onto her by her slave mother, who refused to be whipped by slave owners. The daughter claimed that: ‘…The one doctrine of my mother’s teaching which was branded upon my senses was that I should never let anyone abuse me.’ The heart of the slave […]
Leaders use their superpowers on themselves first.
A leader’s primary superpower isn’t their ability to persuade or inspire or mobilize others. Mobilizing others is essential to leadership. Mobilizing others is co-creating space where other people can motivate themselves to take aligned, constructive action. Mobilizing others is secondary to a leader’s ability to transcend internal resistance, work around interior shadow, and recognize that most […]