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The
Force of
Nature
You’re the Force of Nature—the one who charges into the fire when others retreat.
You lead from the front with courage, conviction, and a deep instinct to protect. While others debate, you decide. You speak the truth others won’t, take the risks others fear, and push the mission forward—no matter how hard or high the cost. You embody bravery in motion. At your best, you are a living permission slip for boldness, building momentum and clearing the way for others to rise.
But that same intensity can become a wall. You may tighten your grip, take too much on, or bulldoze when you meant to build. In your fierce devotion to what’s right, you can miss the emotional cues of those around you—and unintentionally silence their brilliance. Beneath it all, the fear of betrayal can keep you from trusting others to share the load.
Your next level of leadership is not about being less powerful—it’s about becoming more relationally powerful. Your next level of leadership is in the strength it takes to let go. To soften your grip without losing your fire. To listen as fiercely as you lead. When you lead from trust—not control—your power becomes exponential. You stop carrying the mission alone and start igniting a revolution.
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Core Courage:
Conviction
Motto:
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” — John A. Shedd
Keywords:
Fearless • Direct • Bold
Gift to the Collective:
You say what others won’t, confront what others fear, and protect those without a voice—especially when it’s inconvenient. You challenge power and lead from the front.
Shadow Tendency:
Control, domination, and unintentional intimidation that silences others.
Limiting Beliefs:
If I’m not in charge, I’m unsafe. If I soften, I’ll be taken advantage of. If I let go, everything will fall apart. I’ll always be betrayed.
Legacy Figures:
Harriet Tubman, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela
Growth Path:
Reclaim your fire—but stop carrying it alone. Build emotional awareness and let others in early. Real strength is shared. Empowering your team won’t dilute your power—it multiplies your legacy
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The Myth of Aligned Values
They sat across from each other in the strategy session, arms crossed, nodding politely—but not really hearing. The Possibility Prophet wanted to move. Fast. Propose bold policy. Break the mold. The Guardian of the People wanted to slow down. Anticipate risk. Secure buy-in. Protect the mission. By the end of the hour, both walked out frustrated—certain the other was the problem.
Our culture tells us this is misalignment. That someone failed the purity test. That we should cleanse the team and cut the apostate. That everyone in the party must agree. That we shouldn’t date someone from “the other side.” That difference is disloyalty.
This is bullshit—and it’s dangerous. Every government built on a single ideology has ended in collapse or catastrophe. Groupthink is a cancer, not a cure.
We don’t need shared values. We need shared purpose. And the courage to trust. To see each other as human. To question our own assumptions. To look inward before lashing outward. To hold creative tension instead of retreating into the safety of sameness.
Change that endures doesn’t come from purity—but from friction held in shared mission. Philadelphia, 1776—not Moscow, 1936. The visionary needs the pragmatist. The innovator needs the protector. When the Possibility Prophet welcomes resistance as refinement—not rejection—and the Guardian sees urgency not as recklessness, but as momentum to shape and test, something rare emerges: outcomes greater than the sum of their parts. That’s not compromise. That’s transformation.
How are you complicit in creating the conditions you claim not to want? How is it going? And are you brave enough to consider leadering differently?
Contemplative Questions:
How are you complicit in creating the very conditions you claim to resist? How’s it working? And are you brave enough to lead differently?
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