Taking Inventory: Stepping Outside, Beliefs, Leadership
Do you know what it means to take personal inventory? In this episode of the Get a G.R.I.P. podcast, titled "Taking Inventory: Stepping Outside, Beliefs, Leadership," Coach Elix and Steven F. Macek discuss the steps you can take to examine your personal beliefs and gain perspective about what is and isn't benefitting you long term. Learn how this process can help you grow as a person and become a better leader.
About Guest Steven F. Macek
Taking inventory involves looking inward spiritually; no one knows more about that than Steven F. Macek. While he works as an attorney, he is also a psychic medium and understands spiritual connection better than most people.
Being a medium helps Steven gain the tools necessary to dissect his beliefs for a more grounded life. He credits taking personal inventory with finding success as a medium, as this process first helped him discover his abilities are not just a gift that can help others but also a passion.
Key Parts of Taking Inventory: Stepping Outside, Beliefs, and Leadership
Taking personal inventory focuses on gaining a new perspective. We do this by stepping outside of ourselves spiritually and identifying why we have certain beliefs. This requires some personal leadership and curiosity to challenge our daily ways of thinking.
How can you step outside yourself and get to the core of your beliefs? Steven says that taking personal inventory can be a simple practice you work on every day. He points to an example of getting angry while driving if another car cuts you off. In that moment or later, when you have time to think it over, you should look back and ask yourself why it makes you so upset.
He says that figuring out the reasoning for that type of reaction often causes people to look back to their childhoods and pinpoint moments that have stuck with them until now. You need to examine all your beliefs, including:
Behavioural beliefs
Unconscious beliefs
Conscious beliefs
Rational beliefs
How Taking Personal Inventory Creates Effective Leaders
What do you think creates effective leadership? Good leaders not only motivate others for better team performance, but they also always want to improve. We improve by stepping out of our comfort zone when taking personal inventory. Doing this grants us the following long-term benefits:
Boosting our confidence
Gaining new insights
Overcoming old fears that previously held us back
Developing the courage to achieve our dreams
Whether you want to lead others or lead your life in a better direction, taking inventory of your thoughts and belief systems can make a tremendous difference.
Connecting with Steven F. Macek
The G.R.I.P. Method
G.R.I.P. stands for "Greatness Requires Intention & Purpose," and many who have followed this method can attest to that. This strategy helps people find their goals, inspirations, and visions and execute them with clear intentions through planning, purpose, and integrity. It works with science and psychology to make dreams a reality.
It is a roadmap that guides you through struggles and hardships, with the final destination being the life you want to lead or the changes you wish to make. The G.R.I.P. Method offers a plan to go from fear to freedom and helps you break away from where past attempts did not work.
