Comments on: A Leader’s perspective: Seeing the world through mental models http://leadershiptrainingdevelopment.com/a-leaders-perspective-seeing-the-world-through-mental-models Leadership Development and Leadership Training without the Hype Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:00:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Shaun Kieran http://leadershiptrainingdevelopment.com/a-leaders-perspective-seeing-the-world-through-mental-models#comment-167 Shaun Kieran Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:53:52 +0000 http://leadershiptrainingdevelopment.com/a-leaders-perspective-seeing-the-world-through-mental-models#comment-167 I agree with most of your post. I'm amazed at how much resistance there is to learning -as if to do so will be a shattering experience, rather than an enriching one. Being aware of one's own thoughts and feelings should be a wonderful asset, but too often is seen as temporizing, surrendering to doubt, interrupting the flow, self indulgence, and the charge of cowardice is always lurking. In the absence of a cultural audience that recognizes, appreciates, and encourages the learning that results from self-awareness and emotional honesty, there will be less of it. And those that try, but perhaps don’t quite nail it perfectly, can often end up feeling burned - rejected and isolated. Having said that, learning is really the only way forward. I agree with most of your post. I’m amazed at how much resistance there is to learning -as if to do so will be a shattering experience, rather than an enriching one.

Being aware of one’s own thoughts and feelings should be a wonderful asset, but too often is seen as temporizing, surrendering to doubt, interrupting the flow, self indulgence, and the charge of cowardice is always lurking.

In the absence of a cultural audience that recognizes, appreciates, and encourages the learning that results from self-awareness and emotional honesty, there will be less of it.

And those that try, but perhaps don’t quite nail it perfectly, can often end up feeling burned – rejected and isolated.

Having said that, learning is really the only way forward.

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