Recognizing the Power of You

Yesterday I wrote about your ability to impact the energy around you.  As a human being, this is one of your super-powers, so to speak.  As a leader, this particular super-power is one which you can harness and use for incredible good.  Along the same lines, there is an incredible power that resides in you, that is felt simply in the way you show up.  I call this the power of being.  Everyone’s got and yet, as a leader, when you’re at your best, your power of being is capable of accomplishing so much, impacting so much, and you don’t have to say a thing.

As a powerful — as in effective, not dictatorial — leader, there’s a way that your message, your vision, your ideas are so well known and articulated, that those around you know what you’re about, what you want, whether you speak or not.  You don’t have to say a word, whether in reprimand, suggestion, or praise for people to understand where you’re at.  Not that you walk around as a mute; but rather that you don’t HAVE to speak; your presence speaks for itself.  This is an extension of the idea that you have the power to impact and shift the energy around you.  You actually have the power to convey your message energetically, silently, simply by virtue of the fact that everything you do, say and stand for is in alignment and congruence.  How cool is that?

Bottom-line:  as an effective leader, your very presence has power.  People around you know what you want and what you’re about without you every speaking a word.  Your carriage, your actions, your wishes — all of these are in alignment.  And so, your message speaks for itself, through your very power of being.