The Four Tenets Of Conscious Capitalism

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Yesterday I was given the opportunity to facilitate a group interested in Conscious Capitalism. I was not unfamiliar with CC, however have never really subscribed. I came away with a new appreciation of its foundation and thought it was worth sharing.
After a general session of finding some distance from our normal façade, acquainting ourselves with various dominant aspects of self and looking inward; we turned the focus toward aspects related to CC.
In the four tenets of CC they use the acronym T.A.C.T.I.L.E.; Trust, Authenticity, Caring, Transparency, Integrity, Learning and Empowerment.
Of note to me was the clarity that came around Authenticity. In summary, there is only one way to express authenticity and that is to be you. Not the ‘you’ that the self/ego wants you to be to appear conscious. I don’t recycle if it is the least bit inconvenient and my trash is full of packaging. Whatever your authenticity is, you must bring it to a conscious culture, warts and all.
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Admitting that very few of us are either naturals at or have integrated Authenticity to the level of embodiment, the next best thing is to know our limits. Knowing our limits informs us of where we need to grow. In practice, this is the optimal situation we can hope for; that our leaders know their limits and they are working on

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