The Common Ground: The Philosophical Underpinnings of Values- centered Leadership™, Inspirational Leadership™ and Reclaiming Higher Ground The Common Ground: The Philosophical Underpinnings of Values- centered Leadership™, Inspirational Leadership™ and Reclaiming Higher Ground The Secretan  Leadership Retreat

Meeting the challenge of exclusion

Responding to the challenge of exclusion

What are your reactions to the Religions of the World?

Hinduism Have your cake. Just don’t have a cow.

Buddhism Cake is.

Zen Buddhism What is the sound of cake baking?

Taoism The way to have cake is to eat cake

Judaism Eat, eat already

Protestantism You can have your cake and eat it too

T.V. Evangelism You can have it all. Just send money.

Catholicism Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s cake

Atheism There’s no such thing as cake

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The Common Themes n Karma n Detachment from ego, Forgiveness, Inclusion, Acceptance (non-judgement and tolerance) n Love (Ahimsa/Non-injury) n Service n Truth n Hope, Higher Presence n Sacredness of life

e Karma The Philosophical Platform of Higher Ground Leadership

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Inclusion Exclusion = Answers Inclusion = Questions

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Non- Judgement and Tolerance, Inclusion, Acceptance, Love, Truth and Hope Lessons of Non- Judgement and Tolerance, Inclusion, Acceptance, Love, Truth and Hope from the Twelve Step Program

What is the difference between Spirituality and Religion?

The Map is not the Journey