The School of Greatness - 564 Lead the Pack with Cesar Millan

Episode Date: November 17, 2017

"LEADERSHIP IS PROTECTION AND DIRECTION. - CESAR MILLAN Believe it or not, there's a lot we can learn from the animal world - especially about leadership. They can't lie. They have to lead without words. In order to be a strong leader you have to be calm and confident. I believe there's so much we can learn from the animal kingdom, and on this episode we get some amazing insights from The Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan. So listen to this 5 Minute Friday, taken from our previous interview, and learn how you can truly be a great leader, on Episode 564.

This is 5-Minute Friday! I am so excited about this one. I have loved the Dog Whisperer for many years, and Cesar Millan is a hero to me for all that he's doing. He brings more than 25 years of dog experience, and his status as the most recognized and sought after authority in the field of dog care and rehabilitation directly to communities terrorized by unruly hounds the less you think the more effective you are thinking can also make you

question yourself or you can waste one second in the animal world. One second is a lot. So it's actually about being. Being versus thinking. So how should I be? You should calm your emotions and only think what you want to accomplish. Right? So that's why I say calm and assertive. So it's calm and confident. So when you're thinking, you're hesitating.

You know, you're thinking too much, too long. And the animal says, you don't know what to do. Doesn't trust you. No, because it's not that he doesn't trust you. It's just they don't really know what the hell you're doing. You're thinking, but they don't know you're thinking. What they know is you're not coming out with a conclusion or with a direction. No certainty.

No certainty. And no leadership. And leadership is protection and direction. And that direction has to be given at the moment it's needed. It's not until you're ready is when it's needed. That's a big job to be a leader. It's for the survival of your family. And this family is a dog.

And he functions based out of instincts. No thinking. They don't debate things. They just fix things in the moment. Yeah. It's all about your way of being. Your energy. Yeah. It's that simple, in the moment yeah it's all about your way of being your energy yeah it's that simple by the way it's that simple we are the only species that follow unstable pack leaders animals is impossible for them to follow instability impossible they don't follow

instability because instability leads them nowhere so they'll do their own thing or they'll oh they take over their relationship right so in in my case. So in my case, you can clearly see how the dog is in control of their lives. So outside, we were talking to a gentleman that you introduced me and he said, my dog would love for me to drag him. That's his perception. Right, right. Why would a dog would like to be dragged? Right.

And then he come out with, oh, he's doing sit-ups. That's what. He's straight to his core. It was all very intellectual. You know what I mean? It made no sense in the animal world. Yes. But in his mind, it made a lot of sense.

What does someone feel like? I feel like I'm certain. I'm confident. I'm leading. And I'm poised and graceful. But it's still like, feels like I'm dragging in some sense. My friend, animals don't lie. So you can think that you are.

It doesn't mean you are. Yes. If you come from ego, selfishness, and envy, you're not going to be very clear about how you feel. A lot of times people come from ego saying, I am confident. But it's ego talking for you versus just being clear about it. So that's why a dog is a perfect teacher of how you truly feel. They don't know how to lie.

Only humans lie. They have no idea how to lie. They're the most honest friend you will ever have. Wow. How do we train confidence in human beings? Well, first, before you train, before you train, awareness needs to rise. Without awareness, there is no possibilities, right?

And then through that awareness, then the human takes responsibility. Then once the human takes responsibility, then you enter into surrender. That's when you can teach. You can't teach a mind that knows everything. That's a fact. You can't. So fight, flight, avoid, and surrender. You can only teach the mind to surrender. The mind that fights, flight, a fact. You can't. You can't. So fight, flight, avoid, and surrender. You can only teach the mind to surrender.

The mind that fights, flight, and avoid, you can't. Wow. You can't. You can't. So once they surrender, they're aware. Once you surrender, what happens is you open up. That means you're willing to follow. Follow what?

Direction. What direction? Yoga, meditation, math, whatever you want. Whatever you want. Because now you open your mind to absorb information. Once absorb it then you have to feel it once you feel it you're clear then you execute feeling and thought you can do things without the feeling it's not going to look good right dancers a perfect example right they have to feel the music before they execute the act yeah singers you know when a singer is nervous they can sing they can think they're singing They have to feel the music before they execute the act.

Singers, you know when a singer is nervous. They can sing. They can think they're singing. But you know when it feels good. It's a feeling. It's an art. It kind of gives you goosebumps when you feel it. It connects you.

It connects you to it. It touches something deeply inside of you. The soul, the heart, the body, and then the mind. The mind is the flesh. It's the last thing. Yeah, yeah. And the mind is the second thing. But really, the deep side of you is this.

It's the soul, the spirit, and the heart. Where passion lives. That is really what we have to always connect. Yeah. And everything else is you know secondary Thank you.