ASPIRE: Seven Essential Emotions for Leading Positive Change - Motivational Leadership Book for Personal & Professional Growth - Perfect for Managers, Entrepreneurs & Change Makers

My lifelong goal is to help a spirit of kind cooperation and mutual reciprocity flourish in the world. I believe it's the path to genuine unity, and will lead to the betterment of the world because it empowers everyone to contribute in that process, and will value all of those contributions.Key qualities in that process are trust, hope, and resilience. This book's timely arrival, when extreme divisiveness threatens (even seeks) to undermine those, reinforced for me that the remedy truly resides in us, and in our capacity to honor ourselves and others in making our unique contributions toward what will benefit all of us, and the one planet we share. A big missing piece in that, I've found, is a genuine understanding of our emotions and how we can use them both creatively and constructively toward our highest aspirations.The seven essential emotions the author explores here are ones he obviously knows from the inside-out, both on his own path and those of many others he has accompanied and served over many decades. With an inviting approach, and a sincere voice, he reveals the remarkable power of emotions that is freely available to everyone, and the highly transforming power of the awareness and understanding they can bring.I rarely do the exercises in works like these, I usually don't feel drawn to. But I found myself applying them easily to challenges with others that have been persistent, and confounding. I felt inspired with a willingness I hadn't felt previously. And I began to see and feel differently about those situations, and those people. It was a bit like seeing clouds part, seeing steps I could take, and then witnessing unimagined, encouraging outcomes that flowed from them.The author's use of the term "gateway" seems to perfectly describe the possibilities of what these seven emotions can open for us. As we gain awareness about and from our emotions, they can function like the helpful -- and informative -- resources they are meant to be. They help us maximize our power of choice in the matters over which we have choice or control. and avoid consuming ourselves with those over which we don't. They can help us free ourselves from outworn, often inaccurate beliefs and limitations in the stories we build about ourselves. They can also help us build strong relationships with others and help us learn and work and grow together.The companionship of this book changed the way I FELT as I read it and pondered the power and potential of these key emotions it explores. It's rare that a work of nonfiction prompts this for me and when it does, I know that it's leading to spiritual perception, as well as new knowledge. The sections and chapters about optimism, trust, and positivity were especially helpful for me.Whatever assists my own growth and development ultimately has its highest expression in how I can share it with others and support them. This is a book I expect to revisit and share from frequently.