{"id":64,"date":"2004-06-20T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2004-06-20T14:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php\/2004\/06\/20\/synchronicity_t\/"},"modified":"2004-06-20T14:43:54","modified_gmt":"2004-06-20T14:43:54","slug":"synchronicity_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Synchronicity – the inner path to leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cover\"<\/A><\/p>\n

This is a deeply moving, thought provoking, and challenging book which
\ngoes to the very heart of what it is to be a leader and even further
\nintow what it means to be human.<\/p>\n

Peter Senge’s Introduction beautifully sets the stage for this book:<\/p>\n

\n

For many years I have told people that although there are a lot of
\nbooks on leadership, there is only one that serious studens have to
\nread – Servant Leadership<\/em> by Robert K. Greenleaf. Most recent
\nbooks on leadership have been about what leaders do and how they operate,
\nwhy the world makes this difficult for them, and what organisations
\nmust do in order to better develop their leaders. These books are
\npenetrated with seemingly practical advice about what individuals
\nand organizations should do differently.<\/p>\n

…This to is a book that anyone who is serious about leadership
\nwill have to read. Synchronicity<\/em> builds directly on Greenleaf’s
\nthinking and takes it further, expecially illuminating the nature
\nof the choice to lead and the deep understanding or world view out
\nof which such a choice might arise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jaworski commences his story by recounting his father’s work as special
\nprosecutor in the Watergate case. Without stating it he shows how his
\nfather’s leadership in this position was driven by a deep sense of purpose
\nand commitment to the rule of law. A president’s man deeply conflicted
\nby the emerging details of Watergate, Jaworski senior took the case
\non on the condition "that he would be able to pursue the investigation
\nwith complete independence, and that he would have the right to take
\nthe President to court if necessary." Jaworski does not go into
\ndepth on the details of his father’s role in this case except to give
\nan indication of the toll it took and a series of conversations between
\nfather and son over the Christmas before Nixon resigned. "I looked
\nat [my father] and I could see that his soul was aching like mine,"
\nJaworski reccounts.<\/p>\n

This sets the scence for the type of leadership discussed in this book.
\nIt is a leadership that is soaked in purpose. A leadership that comes
\nfrom the soul. A leadership that through personal conflict and heart
\nache, makes a difference.<\/p>\n

Jaworski didn’t learn this immediately. Initially he set off on a career
\npath dedicated to personal gain with the philosophy ‘whoever dies with
\nthe most money wins.’ And for quite some time he was very successful
\nat it. Coming crashing down to earth with the experience of coming home
\nfrom a successful and high living business trip to find that his marriage
\nwas over and he had lost the family he thought he treasured so much,
\nhe set off on a journey which is described in the remainder of the book.<\/p>\n

The central them of Synchronicity<\/em> is what is most challenging.
\nDescribing events that most of us would name ‘amazing coincidences’
\nhe argues that these are not coincidences but rather cases of Carl Jung’s
\nSynchronicity<\/em> where by being prepared as individuals and allowing
\nourselves to be prepared, we meet others who act as guides and lead
\nus on the path of discovery. This can be quite challenging stuff if
\nyou’re not used to it. But it is important to understand. Even if you
\ndo find it confronting, let yourself be open to it and find your own
\nmeaning for it.<\/p>\n

Synchronicity<\/em> is a journey and the events Jaworski describes
\nare like important places. Some things are related to places he visited
\nand some to people he met.<\/p>\n

One of the people that Jaworski met on his journey was the physicist,
\nDavid Bohm. Bohm’s work in modern physics, studying the nature of matter
\nitself – and the amazing way that matter behaves when we look at either
\nvery small particles or very large objects like galaxies – led him to
\nconsider that nature of thought itself.<\/p>\n

The more I read of this the book the more I felt I was discovering
\nmy place in the word.<\/p>\n

I highly recommend Synchronicity. <\/em>I believe if you read this
\nbook with a determination to examine yourself and your approach to leadership,
\nyou will be changed by it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a deeply moving, thought provoking, and challenging book which goes to the very heart of what it is to be a leader and even further intow what it means to be human. Peter Senge’s Introduction beautifully sets the stage for this book: For many years I have told people that although there are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chriscurnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}