Last week I pictured Brandon Burchard’s Primary Aspiration Theory – a triangle with the lines of Aliveness, Deeper Connection, Meaningful Pursuits and Growth in the middle. I focused on the human aspiration for deeper connection. Today, let’s talk about “aliveness” which is Burchard’s foundational aspiration. He describes it as feeling joy, confidence and engagement and he challenges you to create habits to achieve greater aliveness. How?
Seek clarity: Have vision and consistently set clear intention for how you want to be each day. What I love about this is that you can set an intention for who you want to be in each situation. You can’t determine all the situations you will be in. But, who you are being speaks loudly. What would be a successful outcome that serves the organization? How do we make a step forward to that today?
Generate energy: The idea that high performing leaders generate energy puts words around something we all observe. You feel the energy before someone speaks. Burchard suggests a reset during transitions with some quick deep breaths and releasing the energy you are holding in your body. You are responsible for bringing the joy to your activities. Anticipate positive outcomes. Be grateful. Appreciate the small things.
Raise the necessity: Affirm the why, level up your game and that of those around you. Emotions and excellence are contagious. Perhaps, the team can set standards together. And then support each other when there is a stumble.
This takes trust which the leader must model. You are always being observed which necessitates that you do the deep work first.
We cannot always create the environment we operate in. But, we can create our response through aliveness and clear intent.
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