Dark Arts of Leadership

Power Without Pretense: A Dark Mirror to Integrity in Leadership

The Flattering Fiction of Integrity

Integrity, as lionized in organizational culture and leadership dogma, is a decorative mask that is useful, ornamental, and ultimately disposable

Most people recoil from the truth. They run back to their safe illusion, clutching at momentary comfort as if it were a shield and not a coping mechanism. But you…you see.

You cannot guide others until you have peeled away your delusions, your borrowed ethics, your fear of solitude. Most so-called leaders are simply echoes, parroting institutional clichés, terrified of originality.

Evil is clarifying. Exquisite, even. Because when the mask of civility slips, one sees the raw anatomy of the human condition.

What you call ‘evil’ is simply will unburdened by self-deceit.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

Julius Caesar

“I despise the kind of book which tells you how to live, how to make yourself happy. Philosophers have no good news for you at this level. I believe the first duty of philosophy is making you understand what deep s**t you are in!”

–Slavoj Žižek

Scalable Integrity – An Existential Philosophy

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SADHGURU - OF LEADERSHIP

When the Starlings fly in their Collective Glory, can anyone decipher the leader of
their magnificent act

The Heart beats, Glands secrete, Kidneys purify, every cell performs the most exacting functions and the Brain reflects

The many Billion Galaxies of effervescent stars and nascent space. Of Black holes and Milky Ways, does someone see a Center that leads

A leader is a Fool

“Leadership Starts in the Mind,” - Jaggi Vasudev, Sadhguru

Warnings of Dogmatism

Dogma, the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization: it is authoritative and not to be disputed.

Dogma is why we fight or show disgust for new ideas, alternatives, and change.

It takes work and conscious effort in the way you process new information, to be less dogmatic and open to what contradicts your worldviews.

Authority: “We silence the cognitive dissonance [disagreement/misunderstanding] through self-imposed ignorance.” Basically, it’s a way of ignoring what we don’t want to hear. If it doesn’t fit into our preconceptions we discard it.

--Jonah Lehrer

Warnings of Dogmatism

Dogma, the established belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization: it is authoritative and not to be disputed.

Dogma is why we fight or show disgust for new ideas, alternatives and change.

Its takes work and conscious effort in the way you process new information, to be less dogmatic and open to what contradicts your worldviews.

Authority: We silence the cognitive dissonance [disagreement/misunderstanding] through self-imposed ignorance. Basically it’s a way of ignoring what we don’t want to hear. If it doesn’t fit into our preconceptions we discard it. --Jonah Lehrer

We always hide our weakness. Because of this we always berate others for theirs. It's the history of humanity.

Until we can face ourselves, we will continue to mistreat others and lose out on connections that are beneficial among each other and value added to your team.