What Mindset Does It Take to Love Your Neighbor

In today's ever-evolving business landscape, leadership skills are more essential than ever to drive success and inspire teams towards a common goal. One effective way to enhance leadership abilities is through expert coaching techniques, which offer personalized guidance and support to individuals looking to elevate their skills to the next level. I believe that a care and concern for those we lead is essential to true leadership; the kind intrinsic in "loving your neighbor."

If "Desiderata" engaged my mind, "The Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi" has always challenged and inspired my heart and actions towards others. I have fallen short throughout my life, but this has always been my guidepost...leading soldiers...raising kids...engaging with relatives, friends, strangers, co-workers and customers.... 

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi 

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace!

That where there is hatred, I may bring love.

That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness.

That where there is discord, I may bring harmony.

That where there is error, I may bring truth.

That where there is doubt, I may bring faith.

That where there is despair, I may bring hope.

That where there are shadows, I may bring light.

That where there is sadness, I may bring joy.

Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted.

To understand, than to be understood.

To love, than to be loved.

For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

It is by dying that one awakens to Eternal Life.

—Saint Francis of Assisi—