Not needing to by an expert. What is leadership? When you transcend the self you will be able to lead the imaginary self to become an expert in non-duality. Non-duality means that everything is connected through this moment, there is no saparation. The moment you realise the oneness of life all selfs will blend into one and expertise will become a character trait of one. What 'you' say, do or don't do is a reflection or a response of the dynamics of one. We percieve a lot of selves in our minds-eye but actually all the selves are one big proces or fractal and everything is happening all at once. So when 'someone' talks to 'me' he/she adresses the one. That means we are all adressing ourselves and others simultainiously. So we are all someone and we are all experts and at the same time we are nobody and everybody. In our world of duality we have many experts but if you are able to transcend the expert you think you are (or which has been (un)consciously opposed onto you by education) you will become a leader of the artificial self we/you created in our mind. From the moment you transcend the self you will start to say and do things that will benefit the whole, wholeness is something we always where/are in the first place. You will lead the 'self' towards unity. Improve the world (our perception of the world) by transcending the self yourself. "You must be the change you want to see in the world" Gandhi. Actually you don't have to change because everything is already perfect if you can see through the eyes of no self you will become the leader and expert of oneness and experience the unbelievable joy of not needing to be a someone or expert 😀

Not needing to be an expert - After I exited the corporate world and my role of Managing Director, I experienced a felt need to reconnect with my roots and to give back in some way. I am not sure where this need comes from, but I experience so much joy from serving and being instead of striving or acting in a role with the expectations that come from it. This need took me back to the university and department of food science where I studied, before entering the corporate world. I connected with one of the lecturers and six months later were invited to judge the final years students' new products that they developed against a brief. I was on panel of judges with other leaders and experts in this field and I've had recent experience in this specific market for whom the product was developed. Of course, I felt a pulling need to prepare possible questions for the students, so that I can appear knowledgably about the products, market and food science (which I have not practiced for 10+ years), and prove that I am worthy of being on the panel. I also felt a sense of responsibility - that it was an honor to be invited to the panel, so I had to take it seriously and be prepared to "test" the students in this last part of presenting their products. On the other hand, this was also an opportunity to network and meet other people in the industry who can become clients or partners down the line. So, the pressure was on! Pressure that I put on myself to show up on the day as an expert, otherwise, why was I even invited. On the day, the judges met before the day and presentations started, to do sensory evaluation of products. I noticed myself wanting to be an expert, being the only food scientist in the panel of judges, and then I let go and relaxed into the moment, seeing that we are all one, there to serve the students on their day and not to prove my worth. I experienced the other judges as being judges for the day and playing their role and was not concerned about what they might ask or comment and what not. Questions for the students came up while listening to their presentations, and I asked clear questions that were beautifully answered by the students. When the time arrived to review and decide on the winning group, as judges we were all on the same page and no one tried to convince the other of why a certain group should win or not. I forgot about networking, and enjoyed the day for what it was, being open and in service, not wanting to control a specific outcome/s for the day. Networking happened all by itself and started unfolding without me needing to do a thing. It was a joyful day for me and by the laughter and conversations and with others I felt that it was a joyful day for everyone, very much in contrast to previous years of groups, judges and lecturers trying to out-compete each other in being the expert.