Humanity is One
Yes, you are unique, special and one-of-a-kind!
And so are you, and you and you…
While we are each unique in our own personal looks and ways, we also belong to the common human family.
We all have the same human origins, whether we follow the evolution or creation view—we all started from the same place, the same origins.
The only fundamental things that separate us are our behaviours—the things we choose to do
The Influential Leadership Way, our Philosophy, is that each of us is better off when we are all better off.
The alternative is the Stone-Age approach of the few benefitting at the expense of the many—the legacy leadership mode founded on zero-sum behaviours.
The consequences of selfish and short-sighted choices are all round us (in alphabetical order, not importance):
- Conflicts and wars
- Deforestation
- Discrimination and racism
- Disinformation and propaganda
- Endemic corruption in governments, business and civil society
- Human trafficking
- Human-shaped climate change
- Imperialism
- Inadequate access to decent health care
- Mass unemployment
- Militarism
- Obscene wealth of the few
- Overfishing
- Pollution of soil, water and oceans
- Poverty and hunger
- Resource over-extraction
- The belief in exceptionalism
Each listed condition is the consequence of unproductive human choices.
We can continue to make the same ones, or ones that will enjoy productive outcomes.
Even if we start afresh today with the Influential Leadership Way, it will take extended time to remedy our poor choices.
But that is no reason to delay a change—it is, rather, an incentive to make the necessary changes today.
There are two frequent arguments put forward in opposition to the Influential Leadership Way:
- “I cannot make a difference… I am just one person amongst billions.”
“Humans are by nature acquisitive (greedy and materialistic), competitive and consumptionist. I must eat before others do…”
The Influential Leadership response is that:
- People can choose to make a difference, whoever and wherever they are. That is what Influential Leaders do because we have self-efficacy, the conviction that we can influence events, conditions and circumstances that affect our lives. We are only helpless victims if we choose to be.
- Greed is a choice. Competition must be productive, not destructive. Influential Leaders go first, but eat last and don’t consume everything in one sitting. We are strategic.
Ultimately, when we accept that the quality and value of each life is inseparable from others’, we approach all things from a win-win perspective. It is a choice we make at each Leadership Moment.
So, wherever you find yourself—in your home, in transit, in your team, at work, in your community, on vacation, as a citizen—choose to behave in a win-win way, it will make all the difference.
Regards,
Colin @ Karoo
We Practise Influential Leadership!
Leadership Note: 4924.021224
e: colind@karoo.world
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