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Inspirational Lessons from Miyamoto Musashi Common Leadership Myths Top Tips for New Managers Elite Leadership Issue 1 • November 2013 Top tips for new managers Inspirational lessons from MiyamotoThen best Musashi see inside for details Common leadership myths Inspiring people to become better leaders CONTENTS Page 4 Inspirational lessons from Miyamoto Musashi Page 8 Top Tips: New Managers Page 10 Common leadership myths Page 13 Leadership is... Page 14 Leadership book of the month 2 •Elite Leadership www.EliteLD.co.nz November 2013 FROM THE EDITOR Hello and welcome to the first edition of Elite Leadership. The aim of this mini-magazine is to promote and inspire quality leadership. Leadership is an underrated and often misunderstood quality. It is difficult to define but we know it when we see it and more importantly we recognise when leadership is not present. In this first edition we look at an unlikely leadership hero Miyamoto Musashi, the greatest samurai of all time victorious in over sixty duels. We look into the past to examine his teachings to find lessons in today's world. Leadership lessons can be learnt from anywhere even ancient samurais and to think otherwise is a myth. In this edition we look at some other common myths as well as some practical tips for Managers who are about to start their leadership Editor In Chief journey. Mark Wager, [email protected] For my own personal leadership journey this mini-magazine is the next step. If you find the content interesting then feel free Images courtesy of: to contact me on email or via Twitter to continue the conversation. Master isolated images Jscreationz nokhoog_buchachon At freedigitalphotos.net Mark Wager All material appearing in Elite leadership is copyright and cannot be reproduced without prior permission of the publisher. Mark_wager Elite Leadership www.EliteLD.co.nz• 3 Inspirational lessons from Miyamoto Musashi Miyamoto Musashi, born in 1584 in Harima province Japan, is “You must understand that widely regarding as one of the greatest warriors in history. there is more than one Miyamoto was a Ronin, a masterless samurai who travelled across Japan to find the greatest warriors in their discipline in order to fight path to the top of the them in a duel. Legends have it that Miyamoto Musashi fought and won his first duel at the age of thirteen and would go on to fight over mountain” sixty duels, undefeated in his lifetime. During his later years Miyamoto Musashi would go on to write a book entitled “The Book of Five Rings” in which he takes a philosophical approach to fighting. While this may not seem like the most likely source of inspiration never forget that each of us at some time are fighting something whether it be a person, an obstacle or even ourselves we are always facing something that we have to overcome. So take a few minutes to read some quotes from 4 • Your Magazine • website.com the greatest fighter of all time. “Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men." “Think lightly of yourself and “It is difficult to understand the “Today is victory over yourself deeply of the world” universe if you only study one of yesterday; tomorrow is your planet” victory over lesser men.” “You must understand that there is more than one path to “You can only fight the way “Whatever the Way, the the top of the mountain” you practice” master of strategy does not appear fast….Of course, "Do nothing that is of no use” “Do not regret what you have slowness is bad. Really skilful done” people never get out of time, “Get beyond love and grief: and are always deliberate, exist for the good of Man.” “If you do not control the and never appear busy.” enemy, the enemy will control “Perceive that which cannot you” “All man are the same except be seen with the eye.” for their belief in their own “Do not sleep under a roof. selves, regardless of what “If you wish to control others Carry no money or food. Go others may think of them” you must first control yourself” alone to places frightening to the common brand of men. “Respect Buddha and the “The ultimate aim of martial Become a criminal of purpose. gods without counting on their arts is not having to use them” Be put in jail, and extricate help” yourself by your own wisdom.” Elite Leadership www.EliteLD.co.nz • 5 “There is no one way to salvation, whatever the manner in which a man may proceed. All forms and variations are governed by the eternal intelligence of the Universe that enables a man to approach perfection. It may be in the arts of music and painting or it may be in commerce, law, or medicine. It may be in the study of war or the study of peace. Each is as important as any other. Spiritual enlightenment through religious meditation such as Zen or in any other way is as viable and functional as any "Way."... A person should study as they see fit. “Nam ut massa turpis, ac blandit justo. Nulla ultri- ces, odio com- modo faucibus commodo, mi nisi tempor” 6 • Elite Leadership www.EliteLD.co.nz “The true science of martial “Never stray from the Way.” arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be “When in a fight to the death, useful at any time, and to one wants to employ all one's teach them in such a way that weapons to the utmost. I must they will be useful in all things.” say that to die with one's sword still sheathed is most “You may abandon your own regrettable.” body but you must preserve Miyamoto Musashi left us many your honour.” “Whatever the Way, the master lessons but the main lesson that of strategy does not appear I've learnt from Musashi's legacy “The only reason a warrior is fast.” is that despite how much the alive is to fight, and the only world has dramatically changed reason a warrior fights is to “It is said the warrior's is the over the past 400 years the win” twofold Way of pen and sword, fundamentals of what makes and he should have a taste for success hasn't. At the core of “To become the enemy, see both Ways. Even if a man has anyone who is truly successful is yourself as the enemy of the no natural ability he can be a self mastery. Musashi showed us enemy” warrior by sticking assiduously that the path toward success to both divisions of the Way.” starts within and it's only when “Know your enemy, know his we've achieved mastery over sword.” “In the construction of houses, ourselves that we can begin choice of woods is made. contemplating mastery of “To know ten thousand things, Straight un-knotted timber of something else. know one well” good appearance is used for the revealed pillars, straight “There is nothing outside of “It is difficult to realize the true timber with small defects is yourself that can ever enable Way just through sword- used for the inner pillars. you to get better, stronger, richer, fencing. Know the smallest Timbers of the finest quicker, or smarter. Everything is things and the biggest things, appearance, even if a little within. Everything exists. Seek the shallowest things and the weak, is used for the nothing outside of yourself.” - deepest things.” thresholds, lintels, doors, and Miyamoto Musashi sliding doors, and so on. Good “No man is invincible, and strong timber, though it be therefore no man can fully gnarled and knotted, can understand that which would always be used discreetly in make him invincible” construction.” “The important thing in strategy “When your spirit is not in the is to suppress the enemy's least clouded, when the clouds useful actions but allow his of bewilderment clear away, useless actions” there is the true void.” “When you decide to attack, keep calm and dash in quickly, forestalling the enemy...attack with a feeling of constantly crushing the enemy, from first to last.” Elite Leadership • www.EliteLD.co.nz • 7 Top Tips: New Managers Every month we will look at some practical tips to help managers in every situation You've been working hard, you are 1. You are now bottom of a new 3. Accept that you will make a business expert and everyone ladder mistakes. knows how good you are at your job and now that special day has Leadership requires a completely Nobody has ever started a new job come that the boss invites you into different skill-set to the one you and never made any mistakes and his/her office and gives you the required as a subject matter you won't be the first. The big promotion you have been working expert. Never think that promotion difference is that this time your for. is the end of your learning journey mistakes are likely to affect your it's actually just the beginning. team. Don't beat yourself up just Great news - right? apologise, learn from your mistakes and become a better You are now a boss, you now have 2. Remember it's never about you leader. people reporting to you and your whole working life is now about to The old mentality of believing that 4. Hide your frustrations change forever. Here are a few tips a team works to support the boss to avoid those common first time is outdated, the leader exists to The days of moaning about the manager mistakes. ensure that his or her team has company or even worse moaning everything they need, direction, a about colleagues are gone.
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