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A Sound Business Leader is a ‘Peaceful Warrior’

In most ancient cultures, such as in the chivalric tradition of King Arthur, the peaceful warrior was a ‘protector and provider’ as opposed the person who was an ‘attacker and taker’.

The peaceful warriors were seen to be free to be themselves because they had:

• Courage. They seemed to have the courage to not just ‘follow the herd’ and submit to peer pressure but to hear their own drum and follow it come what may. They came from an inner locus of control. Indeed, the word ‘courage’ comes from the Latin ‘cor agere’ which meant ‘to come from the heart’ - thus it means to come from the centre of life and living and demands that all possibilities and full potential be explored with energy and enthusiasm. In short, fear in all its forms had no place here.

• Honour. The peaceful warriors respected themselves, others and the world at a spiritual level (e.g. look at the person rather than at the behaviour) and this is the essence of the word honour. They were people who took responsibility for their own lives and who thus ignored the victim state and the temptation to blame.

• Service. The peaceful warriors were people who were unconditionally caring......who gave without counting cost or the need for return or ‘kick back’. These were people of gentleness (‘gentle’ in old English means to ennoble) and service (‘Samurai’ means ‘service’) who could apply great power in a manner that ennobled and empowered others – hence the term ‘gentleman’ and ‘gentle woman’ (later replaced by ‘lady’).

The simple training and education requirement lies in facilitating visionary and ethical leadership where the template for all behaviour and attitudes is set on courage, honour and service.

This has a direct fit with Jim Collins’ work!

A Place and Coaching for Peaceful Warriors

‘Thistledown Country Retreat’ is tucked away in the ‘highlands’ near Mt Barney with a Queenslander homestead and a cozy cottage designed to ensure a ‘getaway from it all’ experience where people can re-focus. This is a special place to create life long memories.

Time at Thistledown Country Retreat is about examining who are you really, where are you going, and how to get there. This process brings to the fore the blocks in fear and reactive behaviour and so strategies for courage and proactive behaviour are developed for and by each individual.

Most of us get so busy that we forget what living really is. We define success, rush at it with amazing vigour, self-sacrifice and investment to arrive and find that we are not necessarily happy or successful.

A Retreat is an opportunity to revisit the meaning of life while enjoying the ambience of the Border Ranges and a step back to a candle light dinner in the Federation style and homestead as gentlemen and ladies of dignity, purpose, and style.

In sum, a Hierarchy of Needs Workshop is a space to gently explore personal greatness as a peaceful warrior of courage and honour!