1) The document discusses spirituality and leadership. It defines spirituality as the way an individual or group lives out their faith through specific practices, values, and traditions. 2) Self-leadership is described as having the confidence to follow your own values regardless of consequences. To lead yourself effectively, you must understand who you are and what you want. 3) Discovering your purpose and values through reflection can help you gain clarity on who you are and where you are going. This inner clarity and authenticity are described as the starting point for spiritual leadership.

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2. What spirituality is not..
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1. Pietism (always talking about God or things
relating to God or neglecting one’s duties in
order to pray)
2. Activism (whose devotees assert, “My work is
my prayer”)
3. Quietism (sitting motionless in silence, leaving
all action to God)
4. Prayer alone (essential as prayer is to every
form of spirituality)
5. To be indentified with visions, ecstacies,
séances, pyschedelics orgies, other extra
sensory phenomena.

3. What spirituality is not…
6. Composite of popular devotions (the rosary, the
Way of the cross, novenas, pilgrimages, burning
vigil lights and so forth), legitimate as these are
when in balance with the liturgy. (SC #13)
If spirituality is none of the above, what is it?
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4. What spirituality is..
Spirituality is the manner, mode, or way in which an
individual or a group lives its group.
In more detail, one can say that spirituality is..
Putting into practice in the concrete conduct of life
specifics proclamations, doctrines, ideas, values,
hopes, commandments, instructions, traditions, or
habits of Christian (or other religious) faith by a
particular way of living.
Springs of Spirituality
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5. Leadership is the ability to influence others. Self
leadership, then, consists of the thoughts,
behaviors, and strategies that help you exert
influence over yourself.
Self leadership – the ability to lead yourself –
requires confidence to act on your own values, no
matter what the consequences.
Who are you and what do you want
Mick Ukleja and Robert Lorber
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6. Spirituality and Leadership
Inside out
Spiritual Leadership starts from
within. Getting in touch with the
with yourself. To the core of who
you are.
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7. Four Dimensional Thinking
Who are you and what do you
want?
Where are you and Why are
you there?
What will you do and how will
you do it?
Who are your allies and How
can they help?
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8. Your journey begins with a
destination
There are no maps for you to follow on
the journey of your life. But you do have
a north star by which to navigate: Your
North Star is being true to yourself.
Answering both “who are you?’ and
“What do you want?” will help you set
destinations you can reach.
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9. When you have a clarity
about your
destination(mission), you
lead yourself – instead
of allowing other people,
events, or situations to
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10. What gets in the way of knowing who you are and
what you want? The short answer is: You do.
You become authentic. The word
authentic has its root the word “Author”.
You become the author of your life
rather than a copy or shadow of
someone else’s.
Authenticity is all about living
your life to reflect what you say is
important to you.
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11. Reflection no.1
One way of getting to know ourselves is to define
the thing/s that is/are important to us.
- If I received a special delivery
letter from someone reminding
me of something important in
my life that I was forgetting,
what would that letter say?
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12. People don’t know
what they don’t know
If people are not honest with
who and where they are, they
will never arrive at where they
want to go.
Discovering who you are in
relation to others is a key step.
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13. Discovering Who am I
Open and Authentic
(What I know about myself and allow
others to know about me)
My Blind spots (beautiful things)
(what others see in me but I don’t or
can’t see about myself)
My secret self
(What I know about myself that others
don’t know about me)
My Hidden self
(What others don’t see in me and I don’t
yet know about myself)
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a. What do I value? ( What is important to me? What do I
value most in my life?
b. What do I believe? (Write a series of one- sentence belief
statements)

14. Where are you and Why are you
here
“We can easily forgive a
child who is afraid of the
dark; the real tragedy of
life is when adults are
afraid of the light.”
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15. Where you are and why it
matters
Knowing your current
location is essential to
reaching your
destination.
-Choices and
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16. The reflection in the mirror
Take an honest look at the
difference between what
you say and what you do.
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17. Think of the choices
and decisions – the
thoughts, behaviors
and actions that
influenced you and got
you where you are
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18. By aligning your real self,
your perceived self, and your
ideal self, you can renew
your life as more Ideal and
authentic and genuine, so
that no matter where you are
or what you’re doing, you’ll
be comfortable in your own
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19. Reflection 2
1.What truth about my
life do I avoid
exploring? Why?
2.What decisions and
choices brought me
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20. Get in touch of
yourself because God
is there waiting for
you.
(God of Silence)
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21.  I do I like most and Why…
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22. Resolution
What will I do
differently
starting today?
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