March 2, 2020
Choosing Peace is the Key to
Being a Courageous Leader
Greetings!

I In my conversations about what it takes to be a courageous leader, I’ve been exploring topics of fear vs. love, forgiveness, vulnerability, and peace.
 
Most leadership conversations are about leaders being bold and taking a stand which unfortunately still often means the old paradigm of command and control leadership.
 
Peace is an unusual topic to explore and reminds me of beauty pageants that are often accused of being scripted where contestants simply share their perfectly rehearsed answers like in the scene from Miss Congeniality starring Sandra Bullock where all contestants of the Miss USA pageant gave the cliched answer “world peace”.
 
When you are faced with a situation that is challenging, emotions can run high – and it’s easy for your brain to be hijacked - literally.
 
Physiologically chemicals are being dumped into your blood stream to have you on high alert to keep you out of danger.
 
This safety mechanism has the ability to serve you well in a serious, life-threatening situation.
 
Yet, in everyday encounters where there is simply the need for more understanding through curiosity, a situation can go from bad to worse in an instant.
 
I’ve experienced this more times than I care to admit.
 
I remember years ago being in the middle of a disagreement with a colleague in the Federal government and thinking “just apologize, it’s no big deal,” yet the part of the brain that was running the show was my amygdala -- and there was no sign of life from my prefrontal cortex -- so this felt like the biggest crisis of my life , and I dug my heels in deeper.
 
Until I began choosing to pave the way to create new neuropathways, the response would always be my way or the highway or command and control leadership.
 
World peace begins with you. 
 
You can contribute to world peace every day.
 
You simply have to choose peace in every situation.
 
This is far more than refraining from physical violence, anger, and dissension.
 
  • Peace is choosing to see similarities vs. differences.
  • Peace is giving someone the benefit of the doubt.
  • Peace is thinking kinder thoughts.
  • Peace is doing random acts of kindness.
  • Peace is being loving to everyone you meet, even if in your eyes they don’t deserve it.
 
You don’t have to be world famous to move the planet towards peace.
 
You simply have to see each person as valuable and treat them as such.
 
When you do this, you contribute to world peace – and that takes courageous leadership.
 
ACTION: The Upside Challenge of the week is to see where you can apply peace to get a different result and build new neuropathways…and courageous leadership.
 
The world needs you and your brilliance.
  
With love and gratitude,
Lisa Marie
President/CEO
Upside Thinking, Inc. 
951.334.9162 ~ Mobile
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February 26th - March 13th - Mastery of Psychosomatic Psychology Training, Costa Rica

March 11th - Destiny Designers Hotline Hour

March 17th - Half-Day Client VIP Day, Alexandria, VA

March 19th - "Maximize Your Momentum" Group Coaching Call

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Lisa Marie Platske left her action-packed life as a Federal law enforcement officer to become the CEO of international leadership training and consulting company, Upside Thinking, Inc.
  
An award-winning leadership expert, Lisa Marie takes her law enforcement journey which began on the piers in New York and ended post 9/11 and shares what exceptional leaders do differently, why connection is the new currency, and how to build a winning strategy to get big opportunities by positioning your expertise.
  
A certified master coach, Lisa Marie has coached mission-driven managers and executives from 3 continents and in 30+ industries including healthcare, real estate, technology, financial planning, law, insurance, etc. on how to position their expertise using her 7 Pillars of Leadership™. Her proven success strategies have resulted in her clients creating positive changes in behavior within their organization. Simply put, she creates effective leaders.
  
She earned a BS in Criminal Justice and a MA in Human Resources Training and Development coupled with a certification in leadership and an insightful thesis on the benefits of formal vs. informal mentoring. Lisa Marie is the author of 7 books including #1 international best sellers, Turn Possibilities into Realities and Connection: The New Currency - and been featured in numerous television, radio and print media outlets.
 
Lisa Marie is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, serves as the Board President of global non-profit Project Forgive, on the executive board of the Evolutionary Business Council as well as the Executive Advisory Council for Leadership California for the past 10 years.
 
Connected to God, Lisa Marie listens and lets Him lead in all areas of her life. The founder of Design Your Destiny Live™, Lisa Marie lives in Alexandria, Virginia with her loving and supportive husband, Jim and their two pet foxes.
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