Six Steps to Awaken Your Inner Intuitive Leader
Did you know that self-leadership is the first step in the leadership journey? This is because in order to lead anyone or anything else, you must be able to lead yourself.
If you’re ready to uplevel as a leader, here are six steps to do so.
Commit to self-study. The greatest gift you can give yourself is to learn about yourself. Spend time in reflection. Learn more about yourself. Who are you really? Not who you are with all your masks, but who were you before the world told you who you should be?
Build a relationship with your highest self. In your next meditation or next time you’re doing a “mindless” task (i.e., dishes, laundry, showering…), ask to meet your highest self. Who is she? What does she like? What advice does she have for you? Building a relationship with your highest self serves as a continual tether for you to hang on to as you navigate your growth journey. She’s already where you want to be, so if you stay tight with her, you’ll get to where you want to go.
Learn about your unique Intuitive Strategy. Within the Human Design System, you can find your unique Intuitive Strategy (sometimes called “Authority” or “intuition”). This is the way your intuition speaks to you the most and the loudest. If you can consistently differentiate between your “thinking mind,” your “ego,” and your intuition, you can set yourself up to not only lead yourself intuitively but to lead others with your intuition as well.
Grow your self-trust muscles. One accomplishment we should all strive for is to learn to trust ourselves (our heart, our intuition) unconditionally. Just like any other muscle, self-trust needs to be worked at. As someone who has been confident in myself for my entire life, I have even my self-trust has not been where I wanted it to be at times. You can build self-trust by taking daily intuitive-inspired actions. Over time, these small daily trusting moments prepare you for greater and greater decisions and actions.
Take action. You’ve heard me say it before… intuition + action = magic. The more you can act upon your intuitive hits, the faster your life falls into alignment. A requirement of intuitive leadership is to be able to act upon your intuition. It doesn’t always make sense, and that’s OK. When you can lead yourself from intuition, you can lead others from intuition, and this creates a continuous cycle of high-alignment living.
Define your self-leadership strategy. To flow, or not to flow, that is the question. When you are guided by intuition, you are guided by the magical “Flow.” We often face resistance here because our broader world is so not “go with the flow.” How do you know when it’s time to GO? How do you know when it’s time to REST? Learn your unique formula and balance between being and doing.
When clients come to me ready to elevate to their next level, I do a lot of vetting because, usually, the process to your next level requires courage, grit, and a level of honesty that not everyone is ready for. As you’ve seen it these six steps, growth is a very involved process. Some people *think* they are ready for their next level but are still more committed to staying the same than elevating.