CONTENTSIntroduction and Reader’s Guide 7Part 1: The power of Spirited Personal Leadership 121. The key to effective work, meaningful living, and a better world 142. The three universal forces that determine your personal leadership 242.1. Ego – “I” as friend and foe 262.2. Soul – Your “true self” 572.3. Spirit – Universal consciousness 812.4. Casting a light on confusion between ego, soul and spirit 101Part 2: Practicing Spirited Personal Leadership 1063. Personal Ego-Leadership 1103.1. Too little and too much ego 1113.2. “Manage” your ego 1363.3. Summary of Personal Ego-Leadership 1844. Personal Soulful Leadership 1864.1. Soulless or a Soul Out Of Control 1884.2. Activate and dose your soul 1984.3. Summary of Personal Soulful Leadership 2465. Personal Spirited Leadership 2485.1. Enrich your work and your life with more inspiration 2495.2. Summary of Personal Spirited Leadership 294Part 3: Creating a Better World 2966. Creating a better world 2986.1. Vision of a better world 2996.2. Your contribution to a better world 3016.3. Dealing with pitfalls 3066.4. Supporters for your career and life path 3166.5. Transition to a better world 3186.6. Summary of Creating a Better World 324Appendix: Overview of Spirited Personal Leadership 326 Acknowledgements 331 Sources 332Do you want to work more effectively? Or live a more meaningful life? Or contributeto a better world? Or all of the above? You can do that. Every day. How? With Spirited Personal Leadership.Do you want to work more effectively? Or live a more meaningful life? Or contributeto a better world? Or all of the above? You can do that. Every day. How? With Spirited Personal Leadership.This book is intended for anyone who, in their private or work life, wants to:• work more effectively;• develop their talents further;• have a healthy work/life balance;• increase the amount of control they have in their own life and work;• experience more pleasure, passion, meaning and vitality;• feel more inner peace and quiet;• to contribute to better relationships - privately as well as in business;• make a meaningful contribution to a better world.Regardless of whether you are a leader, lawmaker, entrepreneur, manager,professional, associate, student, parent, family member, teenager or an adult.What to expect?This book will take you straight to the source and the three forces thatdetermine all of your choices, behaviors and personal leadership, namely: ego, souland consciousness (spirit). It will give you accessible insights, inspiring examples and exercises that you'll be able to apply immediately. You will see results quickly, helping you work more effectively, live more meaningfully and contribute to a better world.The following questions will be answered: What is ego anyway? Should you jettisonyour ego? What are the benefits of ego, and what are its pitfalls? Or, what is thesoul? Is there a reason for our existence? What are the five existential tasks the soul has to tackle? What are the pros and cons of working and living from inspiration? And, what is spirit or consciousness? How can you utilize it more to have smoother relationships in private and at work and to create more peace for yourselfand others around you? In the last section of the book you will see how you can make a real contribution towards a better world.Do you want to work more effectively? Or live a more meaningful life? Or contributeto a better world? Or all of the above? You can do that. Every day. How? With Spirited Personal Leadership.This book is intended for anyone who, in their private or work life, wants to:• work more effectively;• develop their talents further;• have a healthy work/life balance;• increase the amount of control they have in their own life and work;• experience more pleasure, passion, meaning and vitality;• feel more inner peace and quiet;• to contribute to better relationships - privately as well as in business;• make a meaningful contribution to a better world.Regardless of whether you are a leader, lawmaker, entrepreneur, manager,professional, associate, student, parent, family member, teenager or an adult.What to expect?This book will take you straight to the source and the three forces thatdetermine all of your choices, behaviors and personal leadership, namely: ego, souland consciousness (spirit). It will give you accessible insights, inspiring examples and exercises that you'll be able to apply immediately. You will see results quickly, helping you work more effectively, live more meaningfully and contribute to a better world.The following questions will be answered: What is ego anyway? Should you jettisonyour ego? What are the benefits of ego, and what are its pitfalls? Or, what is thesoul? Is there a reason for our existence? What are the five existential tasks the soul has to tackle? What are the pros and cons of working and living from inspiration? And, what is spirit or consciousness? How can you utilize it more to have smoother relationships in private and at work and to create more peace for yourselfand others around you? In the last section of the book you will see how you can make a real contribution towards a better world.