doweshowbellyad0 new delhi if you are here for the instant fix this is the wrong place deepak chopra will ultimately give you the guru mantra but theres no hurrying him first there are the stories the fables the metaphors the myths and the silencesespecially the silences as 300 odd people of disparate age profession and interests obediently close their eyes and listen to melanie griffith recite rabindranath tagore to african beats or just sit 10 minutes silently intoning the word aham or i am chopra addressing the indiatimes strategy summit on the soul of leadership has the onerous task of fast forwarding through immense material in a few hours he hands out the mantra somewhere in the middle if you havent been listening youll miss it to be a good leader says the mentor of many great leaders in the world you have to ask yourself if the choice reflects who i am if it is congruent with your soul profilethe second mantra is the total clarity of vision on the question what do i wantand the last discontinuity and the recognition of itnext page free association to leadership soul profile soul discontinuity chopra has the answers only he will tell you his way the meandering way of a born storyteller soul profile emerges from an exercise chopra puts seven questions to his audience and asks them to free associate voila each has a ready referral a soul profile a map of who he or she really is the soul is says chopra the observer who interprets and makes choices it is a living dynamic evolving system in consciousness it is composed of meaning contexts relationships and archetypal themes it is shaped by memory and experience and it is propelled by desire it is the discontinuity chopra celebrates discontinuity as the most fundamental level of existence he explains it as the gap between two thoughts or memories or continuity which is perceptual illusion the reality is discontinuity next page the acronym leaders the leaders and chopra is at pains to distinguish great leaders from any other being looks and listens establishes entrainment through emotional bonding is aware dares to dream a new reality empowers rewrites the limbic and cortical programmes to do with parts of the brain responsible for emotions and the intellect and synchronises that then is the acronym leaders chopra has his list of whos who nelson mandela and mahatma gandhi and oscar arias are great leaders bill gates and lee iacoca are