| In the Jewish culture there is a greeting that is | | | | with little or no thought. Even when taking the |
| commonly used. When people meet or bid one | | | | physical needs into consideration, there is a |
| another farewell you will hear the word "Shalom". | | | | varying scale of urgency. |
| When translated into English, the usual result is | | | | Obviously, the most urgent need is oxygen. |
| "Peace be with you". As with a number of | | | | However, the fact that it would take weeks for a |
| translations from Jewish to English, the | | | | person to starve to death, makes food no less of |
| comprehensive meaning of the original phrase is | | | | a valued commodity. The fact of the matter is |
| often lost. In Jewish culture when you wish | | | | that if a person does not have access to air, |
| someone "Shalom", you are wishing them well in | | | | water or food when they need them, they will |
| every aspect of their lives. There is a | | | | cease to exist. |
| simultaneous acknowledgment of the fact that | | | | Whether we recognize it or not, human beings |
| human beings are multi-faceted, and the | | | | most certainly have very significant emotional |
| expression of the wish that the person you are | | | | needs. Failure to meet them may not result in |
| greeting experiences prosperity in all of them. | | | | immediate physical death, but the negative and |
| As human beings, our lives are comprised of | | | | destructive impact on our holistic well-being is in |
| social, financial, physical, vocational, intellectual and | | | | inevitable and unmistakable nonetheless. |
| emotional components...to name some of them. | | | | Understanding our emotional needs and taking |
| Attempting to divide these components into | | | | deliberate steps toward meeting them is a crucial |
| autonomous segments is futile, and an attempt to | | | | part of healthy leadership development. |
| do so will lead to the degradation of holistic health. | | | | We need to see all the various aspects of being |
| Let's focus on the emotional component for a | | | | human as being inextricably connected and |
| moment. This is an area of our lives that is often | | | | integrated to form one complete whole, resulting |
| ignored and dismissed. Indeed, many people fail to | | | | in the sum total of who we are. If one part of |
| acknowledge the fact that we all have emotional | | | | the system suffers, the entire system suffers, |
| needs which need to be met. I use the word | | | | and optimum health is impossible. We neglect our |
| "needs" quite intentionally, because that is precisely | | | | emotional needs at our peril. Only through |
| what they are. An effective leadership | | | | understanding them and giving them their rightful |
| development program must focus on the | | | | attention can we expect to fulfill our potential. |
| emotional aspect of our lives. | | | | If you desire to understand your emotional needs |
| It's easy to be mindful of our physical needs. The | | | | and how to go about meeting them in a |
| consequences of not having them met are | | | | strategically healthy way, the VDT leadership |
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| of these needs, we prioritize having them met | | | | |