The document discusses the importance of self-leadership and understanding one's identity to unlock purpose and potential. It outlines key elements of self-leadership such as self-image, self-control, self-discovery, self-direction, and self-projection, emphasizing the need for maturity, responsibility, and empathy to make a meaningful impact. It also explores various life perspectives, ultimately encouraging individuals to transform challenges into opportunities and achieve significance by serving others.

1. DISCOVERING YOUR
AUTHENTIC SELF
PLAN INTERNATIONAL INTERNS TRAINING
BY MUSEKIWA SAMURIWO

2. LEAD
THE REALITY IS THAT THE ONLY WAY CHANGE
COMES IS WHEN YOU LEAD BY EXAMPLE. ANNE
WOJCICKI
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3. SELF LEADERSHIP AND POTENTIAL
• THE HARDEST THING YOU WILL EVER DO IS NOT TO
LEAD AN ARMY INTO BATTLE OR A SOCCER TEAM INTO
VICTORY
• THE HARDEST THING THAT YOU WILL EVER DO IS TO
LEAD YOURSELF
• SELF LEADERSHIP IS A 24 HOUR JOB, 366 DAYS OF THE
YEAR
• EVEN WHEN YOU GO ON VACATION, TRUE LEADERS

4. SELF LEADERSHIP
KNOWING ONES IDENTITY IS THE KEY TO SELF
LEADERSHIP,
• OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS DETERMINED BY THE SUM TOTAL
OF THE CHOICES WE HAVE MADE.
• IDENTITY IS THE KEY TO UNLOCKING PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES
AND THE POWER THAT COMES WITH IT.
1. WHO AM I? - IDENTITY
2. WHERE HAVE YOU COME FROM - ORIGINS?
3. WHERE ARE YOU NOW - PURPOSE?
4. WHERE ARE YOU GOING - DESTINY?

5. 3 CRITICAL QUESTIONS
• HOW DO I BECOME THE PERSON I AM MEANT TO BE ?
• HOW DO I EXPRESS IT?
• HOW CAN I TRANSFORM THE WORLD AROUND ME?

6. 5 ELEMENTS OF SELF LEADERSHIP
Self image
Self control
Self discoverySelf direction
Self
projection

7. SELF–IMAGE
• SIGNIFICANCE AND SELF-WORTH
• WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU?
1. HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF?
• ARE YOU STRONG, CAPABLE EMPOWERED OR ARE YOU LIMITED, WEAK,
UNLOVABLE ETC
2. HOW OTHER PEOPLE SEE YOU?
• WHAT DO YOU THINK OTHER PEOPLE SEE IN YOU?
3. AND WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE OTHER PEOPLE SEE IN YOU?
• DO YOU BELIEVE THEY SEE YOU POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY?

8. SELF-CONTROL
HOW DO WE END UP IN A CERTAIN PLACE?
Sow a
THOUGHT
Reap and
ACTION
Sow an
ACTION reap a
HABIT
Sow a HABIT
reap a
CHARACTER
So a
CHARACTER
reap a
DESTINY

9. SELF-DISCOVERY ICEBERG
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE – OUR CAPACITY TO IDENTIFY, ASSESS AND
CONTROL OUR EMOTIONS, THE EMOTION OF OTHERS AND THE
EMOTION OF GROUPS.
The emotion
of others
Our emotions
Powerful
influences
on
behaviour
The top two
affect how we
achieve our
objectives i.e.
the power of
community.
e.g. support
structures,
family friends
etc.
The emotion of groups

10. SELF-DIRECTION
• MATURITY, SELF-AWARENESS, A
PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE
• SEVEN ESSENTIAL ATTITUDES–
• ATTITUDES OF FAILURE – FAILURE,
BLAME, CONFUSIONS, BOREDOM,
PASSIVITY, NEGATIVISM FEAR AND
FRUSTRATION
•everything depends on you and not others or circumstancesresponsibility,
• knowing yourself, the world and your direction in lifeConfidence
•the desire to experience and understandCuriosity
•our we apply ourselves to activitiesDrive -
•the expectation of success , finding advantage in
circumstanceoptimism -
•the willingness to chance the unfamiliarcourage –
•the persistence to find a solution to a problemDetermination

11. SELF-PROJECTION
• AN INTEGRATED LIFE- LEADING FROM THE INSIDE BUT
PERFORMING ON THE OUTSIDE.
• INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT AND EMOTION QUOTIENT
• YOU NEED TECHNICAL SKILL AND IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY
• YOU NEED TO BE BOOK SMART AND STREET SMART
• YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DIG AND WHERE TO DIG, WHY TO
DIG AND BE INSPIRED TO DIG
• YOU NEED OUTER STRENGTH AND INNER STRENGTH

12. BECOMING A LEADER
Tell a
story
Connect
people
Lead a
movement
Make a
change

13. THE FOUR VIEWS OF
LIFE
EMPATHY AS A TOOL FOR EMPOWERED LIVING

14. INTRODUCTION
in the valley
accepting that the world is full of
problems and suffering
standing on a cliff
accepting that success and
opportunities are not merely to
benefit the individual
standing atop a peak
using your resources and skills
to better serve your community
and other people
soaring like an eagle
enjoying the path of significance
and contributing consistently to
the wellbeing of people who are
suffering in the world

15. “Transformation takes place
when a new worldview
replaces an old one.”
—William Miller

16. OUR SEARCH FOR MEANING
• WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR MEANING
• WE ALL WANT TO BE IMPORTANT
• MOST OF OUR FRUSTRATIONS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS ARISE FROM WHEN
WE FEEL WE DO NOT CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING TO LIFE OR WHEN WE ARE
NOT IMPORTANT.

17. LIFE
• FOR MANY OF US, LIFE MAY POTENTIALLY BE LIVED PERMANENTLY IN
ONE OF THESE FOUR STATES MORE SPECIFICALLY MOST OF US WILL
LIVE IN THE FIRST 2, WHILST NEVER REALLY ENJOYING WHAT IT MEANS
TO BECOME SIGNIFICANT SO AS TO SOAR.

18. VIEW 1 – THE VALLEY
• REPRESENTS TIMES OF
• SUFFERING
• HARDSHIP
• LOSS
• WAR AND BATTLES
• THESE ARE MOMENTS
• WHERE YOU MAY BE LEAST RECOGNIZED
• GIDEON THRESHING WHEAT IN THE WINE PRESS
• DAVID TENDING SHEEP IN THE WILDERNESS

19. THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION
CAN LIFE RETAIN ITS MEANING IN SPITE OF ITS
TRAGIC ASPECTS?

20. BECOME A LEVEL 5 LEADER STOCKDALE
PARADOX SITUATION
• NAMED AFTER ADMIRAL JAMES STOCKDALE, WINNER OF THE
MEDAL OF HONOUR WHO SURVIVED FOR 7 YEARS IN A POW
CAMP BY HANGING ON TO TWO CONTRADICTORY BELIEFS;
• HIS LIFE COULDN’T BE WORSE THAN AT THE MOMENT,
• AND HIS LIFE WOULD SOMEDAY BE BETTER THAN EVER
• GOOD-TO-GREAT LEADERS CONFRONT THE MOST BRUTAL
FACTS OF THEIR CURRENT REALITY, WHILST MAINTAINING
ABSOLUTE FAITH THAT THEY WILL PREVAIL IN THE END
• THEY HELD BOTH DISCIPLINES – FAITH AND FACTS – AT THE
SAME TIME, ALL THE TIME

21. VIEW 2 – THE CLIFF
• THE TASTE OF SUCCESS
• HARD WORK
• TIME AND CHANCE
• MANY OF US STAY HERE PERMANENTLY
• A GOOD JOB OR CAREER
• BASIC NEEDS OF LIFE ARE MET (FOOD ON THE TABLE AND SO FORTH)
• YOU NOW DRIVE A CAR

22. THE CLIFF THREAT
• AND GET CHOKED BY THE CARES OF LIFE
• EVERYTHING IS CENTRED ON MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR YOURSELF AS AN
INDIVIDUAL AND POSSIBLY YOUR FAMILY
• WE ENDEAVOUR TO SATISFY SELF AS WE FORGET THE TIMES OF SUFFERING
• WE LOSE SIGHT OF THE WORLD AROUND US

23. THE CLIFF - OPPORTUNITY
• THE CLIFF CAN BE A PLACE
• WHERE WE CONSTANTLY REMEMBER OUR SUFFERING AND DEVELOP A HEART OF
THANKS GIVING.
• WHERE WE CAN DISCOVER THE SAMARITAN WITHIN US ALL AS WE LEARN TO
SOMEONE ELSE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.
• FROM THE CLIFF WE CAN SEE THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE CHRONIC
PROBLEMS PLAGUING IT.

24. EXERCISE QUESTIONS
• WHAT KIND OF SOCIETY DO YOU WANT TO LIVE?
• WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DO WE NEED TO BE TO ACHIEVE IT?

25. VIEW 3 – THE PEAK
• ACTS OF COMPASSION, CONCERN AND EMPATHY
• WILL ALWAYS LEAD TO INFLUENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE,
• WILL LEAD TO GREATER MEANING TO LIFE,
• WILL HELP US CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES AND SHARE THEM WITH
OTHERS,
• TEACH US TO APPRECIATE HUMAN DIGNITY AND THE LOVES OF OTHERS.

26. MAXIMIZING OPPORTUNITY
• IT IS UPON THE PEAK WHEN WE SERVE OTHERS THAT WE DISCOVER
• THAT WE CAN RISE ABOVE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
• THAT THOUGH THE WORLD IS FULL OF PAIN AND SUFFERING IT IS ALSO
FULL OF BEAUTY AND LOVE
• THAT WE ARE VESSELS OF GOD’S UNFAILING AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

27. “TRANSFORMATION TAKES
PLACE WHEN A NEW
WORLDVIEW REPLACES AN OLD
ONE.”
—WILLIAM MILLER

28. TRANSFORMATION
• TO DERIVE MEANING IN LIFE AS HUMAN BEINGS WE
MUST BE ABLE TO
• TURN HUMAN SUFFERING INTO OPPORTUNITY AND
ACHIEVEMENT
• TO TURN GUILT AND CONDEMNATION INTO THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE YOURSELF
• TO TAKE THE BRIEF BREATH OF LIFE AND USE IT TO TAKE
RESPONSIBLE ACTION.
“LIFE IS NOT MADE OF THE BREATHS YOU TAKE BUT FROM
EVERY MOMENT THAT TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY.“

29. “THE REAL TEST OF A MAN
[HUMAN BEING] IS NOT WHEN
HE PLAYS THE ROLE THAT HE
WANTS FOR HIMSELF, BUT
WHEN HE PLAYS THE ROLE
DESTINY HAS FOR HIM.”
VACLAV HAVEL

30. VIEW 4 SOARING
• THE EAGLE MAY OFTEN BE CONSIDERED AN ARROGANT CREATURE, SO
TOO THE MAN OR WOMAN SEEN TO BE DOING SO MUCH FOR THE
COMMUNITY. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE EAGLE IS COURAGEOUS AND
CONFIDENT. SO TO I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE PURSUING AND WALKING
THE PATH OF SIGNIFICANCE. THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE
COURAGEOUS AND CONFIDENT.

31. UNLEASHING YOUR SIGNIFICANCE
• SIGNIFICANCE LEADS TO
• INFLUENCE
• THE CAPACITY TO SERVE OTHER PEOPLE
• SOARING LIKE AN EAGLE IN LIFE
• NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN STORY ABOUT THE EAGLE
• A PERSON FULL OF COMPASSION AND LOVE IS LIKE THE EAGLE AND IS ABLE TO
RISE ABOVE THE STORMS OF LIFE

32. THE QUESTION OF MEANING
FINDING THE ONE IMPULSE
• HOW CAN YOU REALLY ENJOY THE LIFE THAT YOU
HAVE BEEN GIVEN YOU?
• IF YOUR LIFE WAS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT WHAT
WOULD IT LOOK LIKE?
• WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR?

33. CONCLUSION: WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?