𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺

We often speak about freedom as if it is something you possess or something another person can give you. In a physical sense this is sometimes true, a door can be opened with a key. I am not speaking here about physical imprisonment, war, poverty, oppression or discrimination. What concerns me is the everyday feeling of being free and the persistent illusion that accompanies it. Freedom is then not a state, but an attitude, a movement in how one relates to what is.

This form of freedom asks something uncomfortable. It asks that you take responsibility for yourself, for your actions and for the larger whole of which you are a part.

Becoming free means disentangling yourself from conditioning. Finding meaning in contributing, in creating, in acting. Taking your place without positioning yourself above or below another.

And this is precisely why we so often choose constraint, convenience, and fear. Not because we are weak, but because we are human. Here, freedom touches compassion: the capacity to face our own hesitation and that of others without judgment, and yet not look away.

Compassion, in this light, is not a softening, but a form of clarity. It acknowledges the fear of freedom without confirming it as a guiding principle. Authentic leadership calls for this compassion, to remain present where things become challenging, within yourself and with others, and from there to take responsibility.

Authentic leadership thus helps us not to avoid fear, but to move through it, with open eyes and without losing ourselves.

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