By Andreas von der Heydt
Without doubt there exist many great leadership speeches about vision, charisma, teams, communication, delegation, commitment, clarity, honesty, etc. given by respected and famous business leaders and managers.
There is one, however, I believe to be the most influential and inspirational one. At the same time, it's a very unusual one. One which talks about exceptional leadership only at a second glance. Why?
It's a speech about a simple word: Love! What love means and what it stimulates in you and your environment. The answer: Nothing less than authenticity, respect, maturity, self-confidence, simplicity, modesty, fulfillment, and even a special sense of wisdom. Key leadership characteristics in order to love – and as a consequence – to grow yourself, your team, and your customer base. Without these attributes you will not be able to manage and to lead a successful business.
The speech of Kim McMillen is called As I Began To Love Myself:
As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is AUTHENTICITY.
As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it RESPECT.
As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it MATURITY.
As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment, so I could be calm. Today I call it SELF-CONFIDENCE.
As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time, and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer, and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it SIMPLICITY.
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism.Today I know it is LOVE OF ONESELF.
As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right, and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is MODESTY.
As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where everything is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it FULFILLMENT.
As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But As I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection WISDOM OF THE HEART.
We no longer need to fear arguments, confrontations or any kind of problems with ourselves or others. Even stars collide, and out of their crashing new worlds are born. Today I know THAT IS LIFE!
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Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. Ayn Rand points out that to love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self-esteem, is capable of love, because he is the only man capable of holding firm consistent uncompromising unbetrayed values. The man who does not value himself cannot value anything or anyone.
Hollande and economic minister Patrick Devedjian shared Valerie Trierweiler as their mistress, while she was still married to her husband! Hollande was also not single at the time but living with his partner Segolene Royal, the mother of his four children and a leader of the French Socialist Party. Devedjian and Hollande knew they were sharing a mistress but somehow managed to keep a great respect for each other. Sarkozy also tried to seduce Trierweiler. However Sarkozy was turned down, which left him annoyed and disappointed. Sarko used to say: Who does she think she is? Am I not good enough for her?
Rand asserts that love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that you need the person you love, and that is the greatest compliment, the greatest tribute you can pay to that person.
Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts. Love is an evolved state of the survival instinct, primarily used to keep human beings together against harm and to facilitate reproduction.
Love can liberate us of conflicts between conscious view of reality and unconscious repressed material that can result in mental disturbances such as neurosis, neurotic traits, anxiety, and depression. Lovelorns do not enjoy sex as much as lovers. In extreme situations, they might even abuse women. Many miserable guys are accused of sexual misconduct.
SPIRITUAL LOVE
There is a love that never fails
A love as peaceful as a dove
A love that grows and hails
That's spiritual love.
There is a love for soulmates
A love that lasts far above
A love that always elates
That's spiritual love.
There is a love I cannot live without
A love to touch without glove
A love that I'll never doubt
That's spiritual love.
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