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Above/Below the Line

Jim Dethmer's conscious leadership concept from The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: a real-time self-diagnostic for your current emotional and cognitive state. Above the line: operating from openness, curiosity, and genuine engagement. Below the line: operating from fear, defensiveness, envy, or any unacknowledged negative emotion that distorts your responses. The value is awareness: simply recognizing which state you're in — and being able to name it with others — creates the gap between stimulus and response that allows for intentional action. Kevin credits this framework as transformative for his personal relationships and leadership practice.

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