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These ideas  sound simple, but  breaking old paradigms is hard work. This is especially true the old habits are linked to  perceived  success. Your current habits got you to here but they will not likely get you to the top.
Over the next 6 weeks I will outline the steps that will assist you in achieving growth in leadership. Maintain a focus on each step  for one week ; it takes time for the concepts to imbed into your unconscious mind. Yes  patience is a virtue.

Step 1 –STOP!

Most senior leaders are on mental auto-pilot. You are fully engaged in managing day-to-day activities;  your mind is constantly running by responding to the stimulus shot at it. In order to remodel your behaviour your first step is to create mental stops.
Many of us understand this concept…count to 10 before you say anything in anger… but rarely do we extend this principle.

Stop is the first step to allow you to build considerations for your behaviours:

• How should I react?
• Why is this how I am thinking?
• Is this truly the only option on this?

But this is getting ahead of the first step – STOP

Break free of the river of thoughts and behaviours;  simply notice your minds ability to pause. This will create awareness in both  the conscious and unconscious mind that you are still in control. As your awareness grows absorb the empty space, the freedom created by your awareness.  This stop is the first step in allowing you to reconnect with yourself and turn off the auto pilot. The key is not to replace your stopped moment with anything simply recongize  you  have the ability to pull out of autopilot.

Try to break free as many times as you can for this week.
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This article is the first of 6 weeks toward improved leadership presence other articles are here.