Speaking Being talks us through a process of transformation by showing us what it means to be an authentic human being in an inauthentic world, and what it means to take a stand for a world where everyone matters and where everyone can make a difference. wernererhard.com/speakingbeing.…

If you could really accept that you weren't ok,you could stop proving you were ok. If you could stop proving that you were ok,you could get that it was ok not to be ok. If you could get that it was ok not to be ok you could get that you were ok the way you are. You're ok, get it?

A prejudice about something is an example of a frame of reference relative to that specific something. A prejudice (positive or negative) is the unexamined ideas, beliefs, biases, social& cultural embeddedness & taken-for-granted assumptions one has about a specific something

Prejudice is a clear example of how one’s frame of reference constitutes an aspect of one’s being, i.e., being either positive or negative about that specific something. ow.ly/Q4Ui30lD1IV

Our prejudices, like any frame of reference, constrain and shape our perceptions of, and our imagination, thoughts and thought processes about that which we have the prejudice. ow.ly/3gwy30lD1Ku

What it is to discover something is very different than what it is to know and understand that something, even if you know and understand it so well that you can speak cogently about it. To discover is not to learn, or to figure out, or to conclude. ow.ly/iv5530lrmQI

Once something is discovered, you find yourself actually being knocked back by what you have discovered, saying “Oh wow!” or wondering how you could not have perceived what you now perceive, as if you opened your refrigerator door and found yourself peering into the Grand Canyon

The word ontology – derived from the Greek words for “being” (onto) and “study” (logos) – means “the study of being”. If you have ever wondered what it is like to be a bird, or wondered what it is like to be your dog, you were entering an ontological inquiry.

The self that is required to be authentic about your inauthenticities, is who you authentically are. ow.ly/lEVx30lTowW

Many people’s frame of reference for leader and leadership includes the belief that one must have a leadership position or a position of authority or decision rights in order to be a leader and exercise leadership effectively. This is simply not true.

Acting out of the mistaken belief that one must have a leadership position (or a position of authority or decision rights) in order to be a leader, dramatically reduces one’s ability to be a leader in any situation, no matter what the circumstances are.

One can be a leader & effectively exercise leadership when not in a leadership position & even with no decision rights. In fact, there are situations in which the only person who can provide effective leadership is someone not in a leadership position & with no decision rights

Being in a leadership position or position of authority and having decision rights does not leave you being a leader or effectively exercising leadership. In fact, position, authority, and having decision rights often makes the effective exercise of leadership more challenging.

It requires special consideration to avoid the deadly mistake of attempting to depend on one’s position or authority to exercise leadership. ow.ly/kX8530lGFyu

It requires special consideration to deal with the force and thrall that those being led often attribute to the presence of position or authority, or the possession of decision rights. ow.ly/KTIQ30lGFBL

Our worldview and frames of reference that constitute our Perceptual Constraints are like air to the bird, and water to the fish – that is, our Perceptual Constraints are in most cases invisible to us. ow.ly/LLxA30lGFNw

This ontological perspective on what occurs for us is consistent with neuroscience research which has demonstrated that 80% or more of what occurs for us is generated by pre-existing patterns in the brain rather than what our eyes record of what is actually there in the world.

As neuroscientists often put it, we do not see what our eyes see, we see what our brain sees ow.ly/ojz930lNyov

A person’s way of being and acting is correlated with the way in which what they are dealing with occurs for them, rather than the way it actually is ow.ly/M8vd30lNyry

Since language is a faculty over which we can exercise real choice and through which we can employ our emotional and rational intelligence, an effective use of language provides access to a high degree of mastery in the exercise of leadership ow.ly/FgUh30lNyxt