You Lead You with Gra3ce: A Pathway to Inner Leadership and Personal Wholeness

By Elaine Chung and Sook Hyung Paek

If you’re tired of looking to others for leadership and feeling uninspired, this book is for you.

You Lead You is a different kind of leadership book. Instead of focusing on the traditional top-down leadership model we’re all familiar with, this book emphasizes authentic, inner-inspired leadership.

Becoming an authentic leader requires listening to our own voice, gaining greater clarity about our purpose and goals, and having the courage to take action. You Lead You shows you how success begins as you take full responsibility for everything around you and becoming your own ‘inner inspired leader.’

This book simplifies key concepts and contains inspirational stories to enrich your thinking and foster a growth mindset. The GRA3CE model in this book offers practical steps to develop your authentic self as you change how you manage and empower yourself. These powerful practices enable you to develop the skills that will bring you inner fulfillment along with outer success.

As you practice the tools shared in You Lead You, you can become the leader of your own lives and create the change you desire. You can harness your power to lead yourself authentically and become a model of leadership for others.

The world needs more self-empowered people who can lead themselves from within. And this is what You Lead You is all about. It is about self-awareness. It is about self-mastery. It is about self-empowerment. It is simply about you stepping into your own power and becoming the master of your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Apr 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765225561

Elaine Chung

About Elaine: Elaine is a best-selling author of Start Chasing Nothing: A Guide to Lasting Happiness and Inner Peace. She also presents training workshops on leadership development and helps individuals and groups lead themselves with inner conviction and outward confidence. Elaine is an award-winning speaker. Her uplifting message advocates the power of having a positive mindset and turning inward for peace, happiness and empowerment. In addition to being a certified public accountant, Elaine holds a Bachelor’s degree in Laws and an Executive Diploma in Corporate Coaching. She is also an NLP Practitioner. About Sook: Sook Hyung Paek’s mission in life is to make the world a better place for the next generation to thrive and flourish by empowering women leaders in executive roles. Called to serve and contribute as a coach and mentor, Sook is committed to helping senior-level leaders clarify what it means to live as a whole person in all aspects of their professional and personal lives. She believes that the more women leaders there are in organizations, government, and decision-making positions, the more equitable world it will be for our children to inherit. Sook is a Professional Certified Coach, accredited through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and certified as an executive and team coach through Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. Currently, Sook is working toward becoming a Master Certified Coach through the ICF. Her guiding motto is: Today is the best day of the rest of my life!

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Illustrator: Daniel Charters

ISBN: 979-8-7652-2555-4 (sc)

ISBN: 979-8-7652-2557-8 (hc)

ISBN: 979-8-7652-2556-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022903605

Balboa Press rev. date: 04/20/2022

CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One

Goals

Chapter Two

Responsibility

Chapter Three

Awareness

Chapter Three

Acceptance

Chapter Three

Action

Chapter Four

Clarity

Chapter Five

Energy

Chapter Six

GRA3CE and Beyond

Business Resources

Appendix

Notes

About the Authors

Praise for You lead You

"Elaine and Sook are redefining leadership models and view of people’s roles in You Lead You. This book is a critical read for anyone looking to create better cultures, communication and collaboration in their workplaces. Take your team to the next level and hone your leadership skills with You Lead You!"

Marshall Goldsmith - Thinkers 50

#1 Executive Coach and

the only two-time #1 Leadership Thinker in the world

"For over forty years, I’ve taught principles of success to tens of thousands of people, including those who went on to become New York Times bestselling authors, millionaires, billionaires, and familiar household names.

I know that lasting success naturally happens when you gain self-mastery. And in You Lead You, Elaine and Sook point the way for you to achieve that mastery. By practicing the GRA3CE model in You Lead You, I’m certain that you’ll not only achieve your life’s goals, but you’ll begin to live a life of great outer joy and deep inner fulfillment."

Debra Poneman

Author of Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul

Founder/CEO, Yes to Success, Inc.

www.YesToSuccess.com

"Elaine and Sook walk their talk in this excellent leadership book!

If you’re looking for a leadership experience that focuses on inner guidance and personal wellbeing rather than external leadership imposed upon you, this is the book to read.

You Lead You provides a systematic flow of information for anyone finding their way to authentic, inner-inspired leadership from many corporations’ traditional top-down leadership style.

You’ll especially love reading about how Elaine and Sook came together to co-author You Lead and how their experiences inform the book’s narrative."

Lisa Garr

#1 Amazon bestselling author of Becoming Aware

Host of The Aware Show and Being Aware

www.theawareshow.com

"You Lead You provides us with the knowledge and insights needed to awaken and develop our internal leadership style. This highly researched, informative, and enjoyable book is exactly what’s needed in today’s less hierarchical corporate world, within the context of a remote working and learning environment.

I recommend Sook Hyang Paek and Elaine Chung’s book to everyone who manages and leads diverse teams as they deal with complex project management assignments."

James A. Robinson

Executive Director (retired) of Projects

Hongkong Land Limited

"If you’re tired of being a follower and want to be a leader, or if you’re already a leader and want to be a better one, You Lead You is for you!

In their book, Elaine Chung and Sook Hyung Paek take a refreshingly simple approach to self-leadership by illustrating how each of us already has what it takes to be better leaders and live a more empowered life.

Regardless of background or experience, anyone can learn how to be a better leader and start living a more empowered life right away. It all starts with you."

Kathryn Johnson

Life Coach and Keynote Speaker

#1 bestselling author of The Joy of Obstacles

www.inspiredbykathryn.com

"You Lead You is a warm, authentic, and entertaining read.

In a remarkably accessible and well-researched manner, this book guides you into a place of personal reflection and heightened self-awareness.

The examples and exercises within You Lead You are clear, thought-provoking, and insightful. If you want to learn how to be a better leader, both professionally and personally, this book is for you.

Sook and Elaine’s book is one I will return to again and again."

Vicky Huffey

Sassy Media Group, Managing Director

Coach, trainer, mentor, & leader

www.vickyhuffey.com

"You Lead You is beautifully written and full of insightful stories that will change how you think about leadership.

Full of practical and simple tools for growth, this self-development book will enrich your thinking and change how you manage and lead yourself and others. By reading it, you’ll unveil your best leadership self.

You Lead You is extremely close to my heart because its growth philosophy resonates with mine. As humans, we set goals for ourselves and measure success through outcomes. Unfortunately, this is a cop-out, making it easy to blame the environment for our failures rather than taking responsibility for ourselves.

What You Lead You does is hold leaders to a higher level of accountability. To be conscientious of the inputs and things that are within our control. Only then can positive, sustainable growth change be made.

Sook and Elaine have written an incredible book! It’s not a one-time read. It’s one you’ll reference for a lifetime and pass on to the next generation."

Ganesh Chidambaram

Baobab Executive Coaching, Managing Partner

Executive coach, advisor & investor

www.baobabexecutivecoaching.com

"You Lead You is a different kind of leadership book. Instead of focusing on the traditional top-down leadership model we’re all familiar with, this book emphasizes authentic, inner-inspired leadership. Based on the GRA3CE model, you’ll learn how to develop your unique leadership style to be the best leader you can be.

I love that this book simplifies key concepts and has inspirational stories, enriching activities, and practical, straightforward techniques."

Suzanne Lawlor, MA

Master Coach, Your Year of Miracles

"This book is amazing! There is so much gold within every page of You Lead You.

The exercises are powerful, doable, and very practical and will empower you to move forward with your goals and feel good about yourself in the process.

The world needs more leaders who can lead themselves from within."

Dr. Janice Ong

Medical Practitioner and Life Coach

www.janico.co/

"Each of us has the resources to become our own leader and to lead a life we want. In You Lead You, Elaine and Sook offer a practical and powerful GRA3CE model to awaken our resources and develop inner leadership techniques which empower us to take back the reins of our lives consciously."

Talis Wong

Certified Global NLP Trainer

Founder & Director, DD Centre — Centre for creating positive influence

DEDICATION

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This book is dedicated to anyone who desires personal growth and is willing to take