Self Leadership session by Anil Sir (Sep 10, 2012): It is
always very nice to be a part of Anil Sir’s class. This was our second session
on Self Leadership and was also the first class of our second term. We were
just back to the classes after very hectic period during the first term exams
and then witnessing the worst moment of our life. Anil sir started the session
by asking the students to form groups and think for a while what they have
learnt about the life from the incident that has occurred a week before. Then
he asked us to share our thoughts among our group. The things that came into
our mind were that Life is very uncertain and unpredictable and nothing is
permanent here. Things which are so close to you are meant to be separated one
day. Similar thoughts came from other groups also.
A video, “Before I do, I want to” which was about sharing
the emotions and certain wishes, was shown in the class which was really
inspiring. The same campaign is going to be carried out in the Soil Cafeteria.
After that, Sir briefly discussed the six layer model of
Self awareness which was introduced in the first session of Self leadership.
1. Body (5 senses), Perception -> Data,
Diversity
2. Instinct, Reaction -> Information
3. Relationship, Emotions, Mind -> Emotions,
Compassion
4. Intellect, Choices -> Knowledge, Ethics
5. Ego, Values, Habit, Fear ->
Wisdom, Sustainability
6. Life giving forces, Truth ->
Mindfulness, Union
This time Sir explained Emotional Quotient which plays a
very important role in shaping the Leadership traits in a person. Difference
between Sympathy and Empathy was very beautifully explained through a simple
“Shoe Exercise”, which elucidated the fact that it is not possible to get into
the other person’s shoes until you remove your own shoes . Sir explained that
many times you don’t agree with the other person, at that times try to see
other person’s perspective, not just the thought, but feeling behind that.
Emotional Intelligence (EI) linkage was also very
beautifully explained which is as follows:
Listen -> Understand -> Empathy -> Trust ->
Respect -> Accepting Uniqueness -> Genuineness
The second part of the session was about a positive
psychology, known as Appreciative Inquiry (AI). In this exercise, we were
divided into groups of two. We were to ask some very simple questions to our
partners, the impact of the answers of which was to be found out later.
1.
When
were you at your best in SOIL?
2.
What
happened, who all were involved?
3.
What
was special about the experience?
4.
When
do you think Soil was at its best?
5.
Who
all were the people involved?
The students were then asked to discuss with the class, the
strength and positive qualities of their partner which comes out on the basis
of answers to the above questions. The answers were then documented &
categorized in two parts so as to know the positive attributes of both the
individuals and SOIL as an entity. The purpose of the activity could be easily
understood once it was done and that is the beauty of the Appreciative Inquiry.
The next activity was Introspection Activity, which focussed
on Self Understanding. In this activity we were to ask ourselves three
questions:
·
Unstated
emotional expectation of those who I care about
·
Regret
about the past
·
Guilt
that I carry with me
These above three things are the ones which deprives us of
happiness.
In the end, the whole class formed a circle and shared their
views about the session. We thanked Anil Sir for conducting such a beautiful
session which helped us a lot in enhancing our Self Leadership and Self
Understanding.
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