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Leadership  ·  Safety  ·  Unleashing People, Potential and Performance

Put on your own oxygen mask before helping others

By Simon Marshall  revised on 20th November 2018

When flying home from Zurich I was listening to the safety brief and was struck by the relevance of these instructions.

A wonderful serenity

The message is to put your own oxygen mask on before you help anyone else with theirs, simply because if you aren’t in good shape, you won’t be able to look after anyone.

The reason this resonated for me was because I have recorded a series of video’s on leadership and thriving organisations, with the wonderful Whirling Chief team. One of the key messages that we had talked about was that leadership of others starts with leadership of yourself. It is only by understanding ourselves, how we think, how we see the world and most importantly understanding what really matters most to us, our Higher Purpose can we authentically connect with others in a meaningful way. They can then choose to follow the vision we see and follow this vision for themselves not for anyone else.

Let’s all put our own oxygen mask on before helping others.

For further information see:
http://whirlingchief.com/leadership-starts-with-knowing-and-loving-yourself/

Simon Marshall

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