From “The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts” by Jeff Crosby
Several years ago, on one such trip I read a book by Harvard Business School professor Bill George and Peter Sims of the Stanford Graduate School of Business titled Discover Your True North – an appropriate book to read in the wilderness!
In its pages, which were packed with principles on authentic leadership for people at all levels of organizations, I was instructed on the four points of what George and Sims label the compass for our work:
- Values – What are our most deeply held values? What principles guide our work?
- Motivations – What motivates us? How do we balance external and internal motivations?
- Support Team – Who are the people we can count on to guide and support and speak truth to us along the way?
- Integrated Life – How can we integrate all aspects of our life and find fulfillment?
When each part of the compass is well developed, George writes, we will be pointed toward our true north – toward what our lives and our work are all about. And we will be true to ourselves.