Dov Baron – Mind Mastery

“A master approaches that which s/he knows with the curiosity of one who is discovering something new.” ~Dõv Baron…

Mike ate, slept and breathed rock music. He owned every classic rock album that was ever made and he could fill you in on any detail you needed to know about any of the great rock and roll guitar heroes.  Who the lead singer was, who the drummer was, where the album was cut, and most importantly each and every detail on the lead guitarist.

Everything about Mike was a Rock and Roll cliche, from the long hair, to the signature clothing. As you can imagine, it wasn’t unusual to walk into his apartment and he’d be there headphones cushioned around his ears while Led Zeppelin or some other equally loud band blared through the headphones at those of us in the room who didn’t need headphones.

One rare day, when it was quiet, I sat talking with Mike and asked him what his dreams and aspirations were. As you can imagine his answer was less than surprising… “I’m going to be a rock legend.” There was no doubt in my mind that he absolutely believed every word he said and to be honest I wanted to believe him too. However, the next series of questions I asked him made it clear that unless something drastically changed, his dreams would crumble quicker than choux pastry.

Wanting to support his dream I asked, “Mike, how many hours a day do you practice?”  Mike looked up at me with a look that conveyed a how dare you even ask. Then he said: “An hour, sometimes two and if my buddies are over three or four hours.” He was clearly miffed at my asking.  “Not bad” I said, but he could hear my reservation. “Why?”  I smiled and dropped the bombshell: “Is that enough to get you where you want to go?” His head whipped round like it was on a string: “Yeah, of course it is.” I simply said: “okay, that’s good then.” And I got up and walked into another room.

At this point I should tell you that I knew I’d planted a seed. My hope was to set a fire under Mike’s butt and get him moving towards his dream. I just couldn’t be certain it would, because now that was up to him not me. It was after all, his dream, not mine.

A few day went by and I guess curiosity got the better of him. He came back to me and wanted to know why I was asking those questions. I told him that I wanted to support him in his dreams while making sure that he had everything he needed to get them.

Mike once again looked puzzled and asked what I meant by that. This time I could see he was open to hearing what I had to offer. “Mike, what do you think of George Harrison’s: While my guitar gently weeps? “Come on man, everyone know that’s an absolute classic.” Of course he was right. George Harrison, even though he was over shadowed in many ways by the other Beatles had out done himself as a performer on that track. His guitar work on that track was in many ways what made his mark as one of Rolling Stone’s top one hundred guitarist of all time.

I knew I had Mike’s attention, and I went on to explain to him that I had read an interview with George Harrison shortly after that track had become a massive hit.  In the interview Harrison had said that he was never the kind of natural guitarist that he saw Paul McCartney, or John Lennon as it always seemed so easy for them.

In the interview Harrison said how he deeply desired to play at their level. He went on to say that while they were on the road and often while everyone else was jerking around sucking in the fruits of fame, he would practice until his fingers bled. He said, “that for him becoming a great guitarist was an obsession that he treated like a full time job”, therefore he had to practice at least eight hours a day. He talked about how he had no pride to get over when it came to being better at guitar. Consequently, when he became friends with Eric Clapton it only made sense to ask Clapton to teach him as he saw Clapton was one of contemporary greats.

When I finished telling this story to Mike I didn’t have to say much more. I simply once again asked him to ask himself; “is what he was doing was enough”?

I’d like to share with you why Mike’s story is so relevant to you as someone who wants to be an outstanding leader in what you do.In my last article on The Three “I’s” of Developing Masterful Leadership, we looked at how Knowledge, contrary to popular belief is NOT power.

It was in that article that I pointed out the Knowledge or Information is only one third of the equation when it comes to owning your power. In case you didn’t catch it, I explained that the first element of the equation is Information. However, the second element, (the second “I”) of Masterful Leadership is Implementation. But that’s not all… Far from it!

There is a third element in this equation if you want to genuinely develop outstanding leadership skills, and it is the third “I”, which is  Integration. Let me explain…

I think we can all relate to having learned something, maybe even something we thought was really cool, only to find that when it came to putting what we had learned into the real world, we just didn’t know what to do.

As we have already stated; “Information without Application is worth the hole in the donut.” Clearly we must apply what we learn in order for it to render any real value.  So, you’ve learned whatever you needed to lean and you’ve even Applied it, it’s at this point that we usually get pretty excited…Jumping up and down saying “I can do it, I can do it”.

Have you had one of those moments? I know that Mike had those moments when he suddenly got how to play a certain riff. I know I’ve had one of these moments too: I learned “it” well enough that “I could do it, I could do it” and I celebrated that I did it…. Then I didn’t do it again for awhile and then I came back to it and found that I had only the vaguest clue of what to do. Have you had that happen to you? Frustrating isn’t it? You were sure you knew how to do it and then suddenly it seems like the “how to” leaked out your ear in the night while you slept and evaporated off the pillow while you slept, never to be seen again.

The third “I” in the three “I”’s of Developing Masterful Leadership is Integration.

Integration is not simply learning something and then applying it. Integration is a process by which you know the information and the application so well it is second nature.

Just let this sink in for a minute…

Okay, I’m guessing your next question is: What is the process of integration? Well my friend, let me break it down into three simple steps for you by first reiterating that Integration is getting “it” at such a level that it becomes second nature: The first step is: Commitment, without a Commitment  to doing “it” again and again, mastery will elude you. Step two: Through a Consistent Commitment you build higher and higher levels of Competence. The higher your level of Competence, the greater your level of Confidence, which is the third step in full Integration… Does this make sense to you?

So let me summarize and review… The Three “I’s” of Masterful Leadership.

The first “I” is Information: which as we discussed has no value and no real power on its own, and that you must also have the second “I”.

The second “I” is Implementation, because as we stated; Information without Implementation is worth the whole in the donut. However, to keep the knowledge that you have gained over a long period of time there is a need for you to be able to Integrate it, and that comes through repetition, which is a three step process.

Step one: Commitment to continuous Implementation of the knowledge.

Step two: Through that Commitment you get better and better at it, giving you greater levels of Competence.

Step three: Higher levels of Competence breeds greater levels of Confidence in your ability to have what you know become second nature.

As I spoke about in that earlier article so many people are busy gathering information that they never get to see the fruits of what they have learned.

One important caveat about the three “I’s” of Masterful Leadership before we finish: It relates to the quote at the very beginning of this article. And it may be the most important part…

A Masterful Leader refuses to take her/his knowledge for granted.

I look forward to your feedback

With gratitude,

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The 3 I’s of Masterful Leadership

You’ve heard it said that “Knowledge is power.”
Is it really?

Imagine for a moment that you are the leader of your company, department or even a government. Now maybe you are and maybe you’re not, but just bear with me.  Picture and feel the pressure of knowing that you are faced with a major decision and you need information in order to take action.  You gather all your people and appropriate all the knowledge you can possibly get your hands on that pertains to the decision you must make…

Now, having gathered all that knowledge; what do you have? According to the knowledge is power theory, you now have power.  While in truth you and I know that what you really have is a pile of knowledge.

Just for the record, and before I go any further, let me say this–Leaders, real leaders who follow the C.O.R.E. Affluence System of Leadership understand that knowledge alone is not power. However, don’t take my word for it:

As I’m sure you’ve noticed we live in the information age. This is a time when even the poorest person can have access to more knowledge that even the richest person had just twenty years ago.

Don’t get me wrong; this access is information is wonderful. Never before have we had more knowledge, yet, at the same time what I see is an even great propensity toward inaction and procrastination. All these people with all this knowledge and so many of them are sitting around waiting…for something.

Why is this? Why is it that if knowledge is power and poor people have access to more information that even the wealthiest person twenty years ago, why aren’t all the poor wealthy?

You like me have got to have wondered; what’s going on? What it all boils down to is this: Most people are afraid to take action because they are afraid they don’t have enough information and as a result they do nothing, telling themselves that when they get that right piece of information they will forge ahead. Ironically, all this knowledge that they already have creates a bottleneck on the road to action.

Let’s face facts.  Knowledge has become the new magic wand–get enough of it and poof! everything works. But we all know that’s just not true! It’s just another level of magical thinking.

Information/knowledge is obviously important. In fact it is the first “I” in the three “I”s of masterful leadership. However, information on its own often is nothing more than mental masturbation for the ego. It’s a way of bragging that “my info is bigger than yours.”

What’s needed is the second “I” of masterful leadership–”Implementation.”
Everything we teach is based on The C.O.R.E. Affluence System. My research has shown quite clearly that all great leaders, knowingly or otherwise, use the C.O.R.E. Affluence System.

In a previous article I stated that the first level of the “C” in C.O.R.E. stands for “clarity.” In that piece, I said that a great leader must have clarity of purpose. Great leaders know specifically what they want and why they want it! That being said, once leaders have that clarity, they will need the second level of the “C” in C.O.R.E., which is “courage.”

“Talent or knowledge without a commitment to action is often nothing more than the mindless fantasies of a coward who lives in the buoyancy of possibility without ever having to risk rejection”. ~Dõv Baron…

Therefore knowledge is not power!

Information plus implementation generates power.

Or said another way: “Information without Implementation is worth the hole in the donut”.

In my next article I will discuss the third “I” of masterful leadership and explain why if you want to be a leader who stays at the top, you must have all three I’s as part of your leadership formula.

Until then, live with courage by putting your knowledge in action

I look forward to your feedback

With gratitude,

P.S. Have you heard “The Accidental Guru” Radio Show yet? I’m your host every Friday Morning from 11AM-12 noon (PST) Details are at: http://radiodov.com

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Quantum Radio Q.R.F. Broadcasting You…Everywhere!

A word of caution: This one is for the “Quantum Freaks” (I’m one, maybe you are too)

As strange as it may seem, we have been brought up to believe that there is a reality “out there” that is somehow separate from what we are, and that we play no part in what it is or how it appears to us, even though the research says something quite different.

From an early age, I knew that didn’t make sense. I would sit, looking out the widow and for a moment I would wonder if I were imagining everything I was seeing. I was a strange child!  Even as a young boy, I had this deep sense of knowing that there seemed to be a thin veil between the “reality” of everyday life and something else that I just couldn’t fathom how to reach.

As you have probably noticed; nowadays, many people are beginning to have those same thoughts and throwing around a new buzz phrase as if it was cheap after shave being use by an Italian adolescent– Quantum Physics.

Most people think of Quantum Physics as something brand new that was discovered twenty minutes ago. Frankly, in a rather unenlightened way, I find this to be a bit irritating,  and you know what? I’m okay with that.

The fact is the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics is close to 100 years old. The theoretical equations and the related experiments that constitute the birth of Quantum Physics were first presented in Copenhagen by the guys who were at the cutting edge, the leaders of something  that to many, including Einstein, thought was crazy. Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg as a result of their collaboration between 1925 and 1927, (A little before things like “The Secret”, or “What the bleep” )  these where in fact the forefathers of quantum theory.

The simple truth is, that as much as we may want to believe that reality is separate from us (since that means we have no need for accountability), those early experiments show just the opposite. Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle makes it clear that the reality in front of us is directly changed depending on whether anyone is observing or not. (I show this in very cool and experiential experiments during our “Claim Your Competitive Edge” live event).

But that’s not all, wait for this one: There is an ever growing body of experiments that make it increasingly clear that even mere knowledge in the experimenter’s mind is enough to change something from possibility to reality.

Can you accept how powerful you are?

“Without conscious beings (that includes you) the Universe would just be an ever expanding, supper position of possibilities where nothing ever solidly came into form. You are an active creator of the Universe.”  ~Dov Baron…

So how are we doing it…that is, how are we creating reality?

We can go in many different directions in answering this question, but for now I would like to bring it back to something that has been a foundational piece in my work: Quantum Resonance Fields (QRF).
Take a breath, we’re about to take the first step down the rabbit hole… We know that the human body is an active electrical system and that everything we see on the outside is nothing more than a relay of electrical impulses.

In the movie The Matrix, Morpheus asks Neo, “What’s real? How do you define real? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by the brain.”

What the movie doesn’t tell us is that even when you awaken from the matrix into the “real world,” your brain will continue to construct a reality that is totally subjective. In other words, when you awaken from the matrix you then begin to create your own matrix, which may or may not reflect reality.

“Nothing has any meaning except for the meaning we give it” ~ Richard Bandler

Are you still with me? Alright, next step down the rabbit hole: Up until recently it was believed that all the trillions of electrical interactions taking place in our body operated in a linear progression, passing information from point A to point B on to C ad infinitum.  But in realty,the simple truth is, the human body is in constant fluctuation; trillions of interactions and reactions, processes that are connecting molecules, cells, organs and fluids occur throughout the brain, body and nervous system. And that’s just the large scale, relatively speaking…

On a much smaller scale there is constant communication inside each cell between the cell membrane, its nucleus, the genes within the cell, the reproductive and the waste excretion system of the cell. You, at a biological level are a community of fifty trillion living cells, all communicating every micro second.

Stay with me here because this is where it all gets very cool. The latest findings in Quantum Biology have discovered that there is a tremendous degree of coherence within all living systems. (Think of each cell in your body as a radio set; coherence would be as if somehow all those trillions of radios suddenly all began to play the same station).

Okay Dorothy we are about to leave Kansas…Through extensive scientific research, it has come to light that there is a form of quantum coherence operating within living biological systems. Through the wonders of modern science we’ve discovered that living biological systems generate what is known as biophoton emissions.

Why should you care?  Well what this means is that metabolic energy is stored not only in cells but within the DNA within each cell as a form of electromagnetic energy.  It is the coherent excitations (a process in which a molecule, atom, nucleus, or particle is excited) that are considered responsible for generating and maintaining massive long-range communication via the transformation of what “should” be very weak electromagnetic signals.

It was the famous biophysics researcher Fritz-Albert Popp who, after almost twenty years of research, put forward the rather radical hypothesis that biophotons are emitted from a coherent electrodynamic field within every living system. Now hold on to your seat because this is where it gets exciting for us “quantum freaks”. Think about it… This means that every living cell in your body is giving off and resonating with a biophoton field of energy. That suggests that if each cell is emitting this coherent field, then the whole living system known as your body is, in effect, a coherent non-local resonating field.

Alright, so according to Fritz-Albert Popp, it is through biophotons that the living system (your body) coherently communicates, and because the field is a quantum resonating field, it is non-local and instantaneous in its communication throughout the body.

“Doing is a active communication with the quantum hologram, it is the outward broadcast of the reality you are choosing to hold. Said another way: faith in action…

Relaxation/meditation is allowing the inward broadcast to give you what you are requesting, aligning your Quantum Resonance Field with the quantum hologram. ~Dov Baron

In my dissertation, I discussed the theory that the human brain is a liquid crystal resonator.  Now, because of Popp’s work, it may be more correct to think of the entire body as a liquid crystal resonator. It would appear that all living biological organisms continuously emit radiations of light (biophoton) that form a resonance field of coherent communication. Is that wild or what?

Not sure? Let me break it down for you because these new discoveries show us that Kansas has gone bye-bye. Because what they show with absolute clarity is we are all connected.

This is not just my opinion.  This interconnectedness is no longer only part of the metaphysical realm because the research is clearly pointing to the fact that there is a form of nonlocal connected consciousness that has a physical-scientific basis. These ever growing advances in research as well as the new ways to understand them are a genuine source of excitement for me.

I’ve always know, from my earliest youth, that we are so much more than walking lumps of meat. The discoveries I’ve discussed here point ever clearly in the direction that every living being is a non-local quantum resonating field.  And if that’s true for each of us, then we are all, according to the work of researchers like Dean Radin, also entangled with one another.

“When I awoke from the sleep in which dreamed that I was awake, I realized that I may still be asleep.” ~Dov Baron

I look forward to your feedback

With gratitude,

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Are There Any REAL Leaders left?

When I was a boy, I wanted to be an American. It wasn’t the cowboys or Hollywood that appealed to me. It was something more, something deeper.

In America I saw a country where it was truly possible to become more than the stature of your birthplace. I saw America as a country that grew great leaders.

Today, as a man in his 50s, having traveled to many places around the world, I have seen many political leaders from many different nations say one thing and do another. My belief in the inherent beauty in people has grown and sadly, at the same time, so has my cynical view about the words of politicians.

‎“Every leader, every genius, every star must face the pull toward mediocrity.

The pull that will keep you from your own brilliance is the need to be accepted.

Remember no greatness was ever achieved without opposition”. ~Dõv Baron…

Back on January 20th 2009, hopeful tears rolled down both my British and my wife’s Fijian cheeks like streams that suddenly appear across a dried up desert after an unexpected rainfall.

I know our tears were merely drops in the ocean of the collective joyous tears being shed not just in the US, but around the world.

On that day, as I watched the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of USA, I saw the shoots of faith burst through in what has been a desert of leadership desperation. Barack Obama had inspired a stream that had awakened a spirit of greatness that had lain dormant for far too long.

Barack Obama did not claim to be a wizard who could wave a magic wand and fix everything. In his Inaugural speech, he made it clear that for dreams to come true work is needed and that part of that work is about being inclusive rather than exclusive.

This man, the new president of the U. S of A was all about Change. Eloquent and articulate, Barack Obama was, for so many, the manifestation of Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights dream.

America may have been, and may still be, if only by a thread, the leader of the free world. However, to be a nation that leads the free world, that nation must have a “True Leader” at the helm. A leader who has integrity, someone who says what they will do, and does what they say. Sadly, it seems to me that there are fewer and fewer True Leaders in the world today.

And so I ask: Where are the contemporary Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Indira Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, JFK?

Where are men and women who are willing to do the work that is necessary to change the world?  Are there no REAL leaders left?

Just to be clear:  I’m not attacking Barak Obama; remember I was delighted at his having been elected as President. I’m simply asking–Are There No REAL Leaders left?

So what are the qualities of a Real Leader providing Authentic Leadership?

For years I traveled and studied with great masters and along the way I became fascinated with leaders. Not just any leader, but great leaders men and women who walked their talk, who stood in the face of rejection and were unwavering in their convictions.  Some of these leaders were people I personal didn’t like or agree with, but they had certain qualities in common and I decided to make a study of those qualities. In fact, it is upon the framework of that research that I developed what I call my Core Affluence System for leadership development.

To start off, the term “affluence” is most often assigned as being directly and even exclusively related to money, and that is not the case. The root meaning of the word affluence is flow. So if a person is affluent, they are in the flow.  The Core of  Core Affluence System is a multi-layered acronym. However, I’d like to share with you the first layer of the Core Affluence System

C: Clarity.

A great leader must have a clarity of purpose. Great leaders know specifically what they want and why they want it!

O: Ownership.

A great leader takes complete ownership of that purpose. They have a burning desire, a sense of mission about their purpose!

R: Resilience.

A great leader stays the course, does not lose focus just because of opposition.

E: Expansiveness.

A great leader has a laser beam level of clarity about the desired outcome, however, they are also expansive in their thinking about how that outcome will come to fruition.

Every great leader I have researched and studied operated from a place of Core Affluence !

In the interest of transparency and at the risk of upsetting some folks, from my position it seems most contemporary leaders, even those in personal development, have become pretty wishy-washy, passive and placating.  What they say and what they do seems designed to validate denial and make people feel good for a short time. (And my comments aren’t meant to be taken personally.  Some great folks are aspiring to be leaders, but that’s not the same as being a REAL LEADER in the world today)

Much has dramatically changed since I began my path several decades ago. However, I’m left wondering if you still yearn for leaders and teachings delivered by higher caliber leaders who stand in integrity and are willing to call you to stand with them in yours?

I look forward to your feedback

With gratitude,

P.S. Have you heard “The Accidental Guru” Radio Show yet? I’m your host every Friday Morning from 11AM-12 noon (PST) Details are at: http://radiodov.com

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