{"id":3093,"date":"2019-03-17T18:07:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T22:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2019-03-17T18:07:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T22:07:33","slug":"three-minute-leadership-the-power-of-self-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2019\/03\/three-minute-leadership-the-power-of-self-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: The Power of Self-Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Self-knowledge is the magnificent cornerstone of leadership.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson\">Alfred Lord Tennyson<\/a>\u00a0writes: \u201c<em>Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead to sovereign power<\/em>.\u201d Self-knowledge is the primal source that shapes the great leaders\u2019 lives. It gives them access to their confidence, perspectives and choices. It is a magical key that opens their eyes to the infinite gifts and potential their life holds. It is also the internal voice that sits in quiet judgment of their thoughts, decisions, actions and words. As\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Sand\">George Sand<\/a>\u00a0wrote, it opens the mind and soul to \u201c<em>giving without hesitation, losing without regret and acquiring without meanness<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It takes courage for great leaders to explore the depths of who they are. May you be bold, brave and courageous each day as you explore the depth and meaning of all you are and to find and realize who you can be. Discover the unseen patterns in your life. Challenge beliefs to find new insights. Question perceived limitations to discover new freedoms. May you hear always the wisdom of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Socrates\">Socrates<\/a>\u00a0speaking in your ears: \u201c<em>The unexamined life is not worth living.<\/em>\u201d May you hear also the words of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fulton_J._Sheen\">Bishop Fulton J. Sheen<\/a>: \u201c<em>Life is worth living<\/em>.\u201d May you truly\u00a0<em>live <\/em>every moment of your beautiful life that at end of days, with a smile on your face, you will joyously say: \u201c<em>No regrets. I had a magnificent journey<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mike<\/p>\n<p>____________<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2476\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2015\/09\/MIKE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2015\/09\/MIKE.jpg 188w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2015\/09\/MIKE-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/files\/2015\/09\/MIKE-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning &nbsp; Self-knowledge is the magnificent cornerstone of leadership.\u00a0Alfred Lord Tennyson\u00a0writes: \u201cSelf-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead to sovereign&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4049,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-three-minute-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4049"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3094,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3093\/revisions\/3094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}