Andreas Gruber - The Power of Being

Andreas Gruber

The Power of Being

Embracing your Potential as a Leader

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1 Introduction

2 What the Power of Being is about

3 Reflecting on yourself

4 Reflecting on your impact

5 Where do opinions come from?

6 Controlling our own lives

7 The games we love to play

8 Evaluate your work-life balance

9 Personality or authenticity

10 The wounded heart

11 The chatterbox that needs rest

12 When nobody is at home - up there

13 Standing up for yourself

14 Health as the foundation of life

15 Human robots

16Observing the drama

17 How we jump to conclusions

18 How we control others

19 Failures and divine setbacks

20 Finding your balance

21 Embrace the qualities you have

22 The Child in your heart

23 Clouded minds

24 Seeing uniqueness around

25 Performing your rat race – properly

26 Body awareness and regular practice

27 Appreciating your habits

28 Accepting what is

29 Exposing your assumptions

30 Appropriate willpower

31 Corporate games

32 The value of nature

33 About integrity

34 Healing the heart

35 Clearing the mind

36 Developing awareness

37 Doing or being - that is the question

38 Regulating your energy

39 Being in charge of your actions

40 Let it all go, in peace

41 Finding your drivers within

42 Driven by principles

43 Boardroom courage

44 Keeping balance in the midst of change

45 Living your qualities

46 Make happiness possible

47 Introflection and clarity

48 Solitude and silence

49 Doing less - achieving more

50 Caring for the slaves

51 Giving what you desire most

52 Reflecting the ego

53 Setting new standards for reasoning

54 The basics of negotiating

55 Loving conflicts

56 Being in sync with change

57 Creating trust and marketing

58 Living from the heart

59 Simply letting go

60 Make yourself dispensable

61 Finding and giving meaning

62 Having the courage to excel

63Why teams don't work

64 Unfolding corporate integrity

65 Corporate values - but integrated

66 Difficult Conversations

67 Dealing with collective games

68 Burning for a cause – not burning out

69 The basics of motivation

70 The basics of inspiration

71 The art of not knowing

72 What if we are awareness?

73 The power of being

74 Dealing with a life of intensity

75 The future of teamwork

76 Corporate passion

77 Finding out what matters

78 The future of marketing

79 The bigger picture

80 Giving a choice

81 Forgetting yourself

82 What if you had courage?

83 The intuitive mind

84 Reviewing the goodies

85 Epilogue

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Legal disclaimer

I have recreated events, locales, and conversations from my memories of them. In order to maintain their anonymity, I sometimes have changed the names of individuals and places. In some instances, I may have changed some identifying characteristics such as physical properties, and occupations.

Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at press time, they do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.

This book is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of physicians. The reader should regularly consult a physician in matters relating to his/her health and particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention.

Credits

Cover Illustration:Copyright © 2016 by Andreas Gruber

Cover photo:by Joern Materne

Book design:by Andreas Gruber

Editing:by Andreas Gruber

Author photograph:Oliver Gruber

Special thanks:to Daivid Hopkins, Mary McBride and Maria Rosenlind

Contact to the author:feedbacktotheauthor@gmail.com

CopyrightCopyright © 2016 by Andreas Gruber

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

The intention of this book is to inspire you to live a rewarding professional life and to be able to find purpose and meaning in the midst of a seemingly

superficial and high paced corporate world.

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

Robert Frost

Our mind is creating our reality. Therefore, this book is mainly about you, your mind, and what matters to you. To some, it will be the external wealth, for others the internal. It may also have to do with your purpose or wisdom.

Although you will find wise words from different cultures here, no particular religion or philosophy is promoted. Nor is it about reviewing ancient wisdom or comparing philosophical beliefs. Sun Tzu’sand Clausewitz'sstrategies of war cannot be found here. This book is intended to be a pure expression of personal experience.

It aims for the qualitative and inner strategies you need, to stand firm in the storms of corporate life. Society is changing and so is leadership. Today’s leaders have thrilling challenges and vast responsibilities. External factors such as globalization, information overflow or the dramatically increased pace of technical development, are only a few. Nevertheless, the internal factors need to be addressed because the much-needed change must originate from within if it should last.

I humbly offer this book, to leaders with big hearts, who, mastering a life of turbulence, are willing to be a rock to hold on to.

This book is written for leaders who deal with real human beings with emotions, dreams, and needs. And the most important point is, that you are one of them. The aim is to inspire you to grow, as an individual. It may give you a new outlook on issues like integrity, inner strategies, clarity of mind, and inner peace. Most likely you will also regard motivation and inspiration in a different way after having read this book. It’s not based on studies or science, but on my mistakes, learnings, insights, and mysteries, all properly reflected upon and handed over to you, where they came from in the first place.

In the last 30 years, I have seen many approaches to instill more spirituality into leadership, management and business life in general. For a while, it was for example quite posh for managers to do a little bit of Zen meditation. Often initiated and executed by people with a clerical, psychological, or therapeutic background. However, it is not always clear what exactly was or is intended. Sometimes it’s about getting leaders to meditate and sometimes it's probably just about getting them to behave in a more ethical way. You may think, (depending what side you are on), "Yeah, these managers they could really do with some spirituality." It is as if managers and leaders are not spiritual? Is that true?

Or, could it be that by the time people get to lead a business, they have already gained some experience in life, a practical form of spirituality? And could it be, that there is very little space to practice some of that practical wisdom, without having to worry about getting fired for not attending to business properly? So, maybe leaders need courage and inspiration to embrace their inner wisdom, instead of being trained in methods, tips, and tricks, which ultimately neither fixes their problems nor fulfills them.