Comments on: The Little Things Are The BIG Things http://reflectionleadership.net/follower-reflection/the-little-things-are-the-big-things/ Taking the Time to Reflect on What it Takes to Lead Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:16:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Glover http://reflectionleadership.net/follower-reflection/the-little-things-are-the-big-things/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Tom Glover Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:11:33 +0000 http://reflectionleadership.net/reflection-leadership/the-little-things-are-the-big-things/#comment-4 Gordon, thanks for bringing up the topic of attention. I whole heartedly agree with you that attention is the currency of the universe and it really is one of the foundations of what makes Reflection Leadership so powerful. When we are able to draw our attention to the things that are most important instead of just most urgent, we are able to amazing things and, as you say, we are only limited by our imagination. Gordon, thanks for bringing up the topic of attention. I whole heartedly agree with you that attention is the currency of the universe and it really is one of the foundations of what makes Reflection Leadership so powerful. When we are able to draw our attention to the things that are most important instead of just most urgent, we are able to amazing things and, as you say, we are only limited by our imagination.

]]> By: gordon http://reflectionleadership.net/follower-reflection/the-little-things-are-the-big-things/comment-page-1/#comment-3 gordon Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:19:19 +0000 http://reflectionleadership.net/reflection-leadership/the-little-things-are-the-big-things/#comment-3 Learning to listen was the biggest challenge for me, but once I started working seriously on it, I found it could be an active, creative practice; a subtle but powerful use of the faculty of <i>attention</i>. In the context of "bringing someone up," you can use your imagination to create the space to which you want to lead them (their "next step"), and then listen to them from that space. This has the effect of illuminating the path between where they currently are, and that space that is their "next step." In short, attention is the currency of the universe. Whatever you pay attention to, you get more of, invariably. What you pay attention to is only limited by your imagination. Attention and imagination are the toolbox of leadership. Learning to listen was the biggest challenge for me, but once I started working seriously on it, I found it could be an active, creative practice; a subtle but powerful use of the faculty of attention.

In the context of “bringing someone up,” you can use your imagination to create the space to which you want to lead them (their “next step”), and then listen to them from that space. This has the effect of illuminating the path between where they currently are, and that space that is their “next step.”

In short, attention is the currency of the universe. Whatever you pay attention to, you get more of, invariably. What you pay attention to is only limited by your imagination. Attention and imagination are the toolbox of leadership.

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