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“You find true joy and happiness in life when you give and go on giving and never count the cost.”

Eileen Caddy (26-8- 1917 – 13-12- 2006), spiritual teacher and author, best known as one of the founders of the Findhorn Foundation community at the Findhorn Ecovillage, Moray Firth in northeast Scotland

“Values” are defined as anything that is important to us. They are the moment to moment, day to day emotions that drive and inspire behaviour. Cost is not a relevant factor, expensive is not necessarily better, it may just be superficial  image.

Every moment of every day, we are living a set of values. Our highest values are our greatest strengths because our energy and drive is greatest in the areas that we consider most important. We are most passionate and inspired when things have great significance for us.

Knowing my values really helped me to understand what I prioritize, and also gives insight on the people I work with; where energy levels are low, to set a group’s intention by understanding their values, not just in a work environment, but in all aspects of multifaceted life. Ask yourself these questions. (I have adapted some of the issues Mark Kahn discusses in his seminars.)

• Are you a skillful leader? Bring honest awareness to what you do. Is it manipulation, withholding, fear based or loving & spontaneous?
• How do wants and needs obstruct our capacity to live our highest values.
• Exploring the emotions, values and lessons linked to  past mistakes, have you learned, accepted, changed?

“Everyone is a leader in the areas that are highest on their values hierarchy and a follower in the areas that are lowest on their hierarchies. Our highest values are derived out of areas of deficit, struggle and pain. Knowing your values hierarchy intimately and using it to frame your leadership vision is a skill worth having. It is the defining element of great leadership. ”

“The real hierarchy of values of your business determines its destiny”.

Mark Kahn has a Bachelor of Commerce degree,  a Masters in Clinical Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand. He is faculty head for the University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Education and has been a consultant to the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome in the field of Traumatic Stress. Mark is a Certified Demartini Method® facilitator.