The Four Ways of Leading & Being A summary of the contexts for experiencing the world, based on "The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership" by Dethmer, Chapman, & Klemp.

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+            <h1 class="display-5"><i class="bi bi-diagram-3-fill"></i>The Four Ways of Leading & Being</h1>
+            <p class="lead">A summary of the contexts for experiencing the world, based on "The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership" by Dethmer, Chapman, & Klemp.</p>
+        </div>
+    </header>
+
+    <div class="container">
+        <div class="row justify-content-center"> <!-- Center the single column -->
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+                    <!-- Optional heading inside card -->
+                    <!-- <h5>Contexts of Experience</h5> -->
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+                        <table class="table table-bordered table-striped">
+                            <thead class="thead-light">
+                                <tr>
+                                    <th scope="col" style="width: 12%;">&nbsp;</th> <!-- Empty corner -->
+                                    <th scope="col">TO ME</th>
+                                    <th scope="col">BY ME</th>
+                                    <th scope="col">THROUGH ME</th>
+                                    <th scope="col">AS ME</th>
+                                </tr>
+                                <tr class="sub-header">
+                                     <th>&nbsp;</th> <!-- Empty corner -->
+                                     <th>Responsibility<i class="bi bi-arrow-right-short"></i></th>
+                                     <th>Surrender<i class="bi bi-arrow-right-short"></i></th>
+                                     <th>Oneness<i class="bi bi-arrow-right-short"></i></th>
+                                     <th></th>
+                                </tr>
+                            </thead>
+                            <tbody>
+                                <tr>
+                                    <th scope="row">MONEY</th>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>Scarcity = Never enough</li>
+                                            <li>I work hard to get it</li>
+                                            <li>My value is attached to it</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>I want more</li>
+                                            <li>I can create more</li>
+                                            <li>It is a measure of my value</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>It is abundant</li>
+                                            <li>It is an energy not a thing</li>
+                                            <li>Measurement is irrelevant</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>It is just another form</li>
+                                            <li>It is given and received with freedom and joy</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                                    <th scope="row">TIME</th>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>There is not the right amount</li>
+                                            <li>I am stressed because of it</li>
+                                            <li>I am overwhelmed, busy/bored</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>I'm in control of my time</li>
+                                            <li>I use time management systems</li>
+                                            <li>I use it to do what I want</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>I have plenty of it</li>
+                                            <li>There is only now - there is no past or future</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>I am the source of it</li>
+                                            <li>It is an illusion - like all other illusions</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                                    <th scope="row">HAPPINESS</th>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>It is a fleeting moment of pleasure (ice cream, vacation, sex)</li>
+                                            <li>It depends on circumstances</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>I choose to make myself happy</li>
+                                            <li>I make happiness if I bring the right ingredients</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>It is here now</li>
+                                            <li>It has a deep lasting quality</li>
+                                            <li>I relax into joy</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>Happiness is just another state, it is just one of many vibrations passing through</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                                    <th scope="row">DISCIPLINE</th>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>Always too much or too little</li>
+                                            <li>It's hard; I "should"; "I have to"</li>
+                                            <li>It is necessary to be good</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>I choose it (to delay gratification)</li>
+                                            <li>I use it as a tool to create</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>It is effortless</li>
+                                            <li>Having and delaying gratification are equals</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>Can you find the one who is disciplined?</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                                    <th scope="row">PURPOSE</th>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>What purpose?</li>
+                                            <li>I should have one and don't</li>
+                                            <li>I just have roles I play</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>My purpose</li>
+                                            <li>I declare it and go out and get it</li>
+                                            <li>Both takes energy and energizing</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>Transcendent purpose</li>
+                                            <li>No more wanting</li>
+                                            <li>I receive it through listening</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>What purpose? Being and purpose are the same</li>
+                                            <li>Impossible to be off of it</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                                    <th scope="row">LEADERSHIP</th>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>It's a role; I have it or I don't</li>
+                                            <li>It comes with have-tos, burden and incompetent followers</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>There are skills/techniques to master which create good or effective leadership</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>It arises in response to present need; no "one" is the leader in co-creation</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        <ul>
+                                            <li>There is no one to lead and nowhere to lead to</li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </td>
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+         <p>This table summarizes the "Four Contexts" discussed in <a href="https://conscious.is/the-15-commitments" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership</a> by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, & Kaley Warner Klemp. <br>
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