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Talking Out of School
Recently I was disappointed to learn that a team member in a leadership role had been sharing doubts with their team; misgivings about the direction…
May 6, 2025
No One Drifts into Wisdom
Wisdom is a far, far different beast than merely being smart or educated and it is rarely if ever acquired passively. Wisdom is slowly won…
April 22, 2025
Laziness is Real… and Occasionally Misdiagnosed
Gemini AI defined laziness ‘aka indolence or sloth, a disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act.’ Yet what manifests as laziness can…
April 10, 2025
Safety Has a Price
Let me begin by saying balance (Scott Peck’s 4th Tool of Discipline from ‘The Road Less Traveled’) applies here. I’ve chosen safety many a time…
April 8, 2025
The Advantages of Adversity
I’ve frequently said that I’d had the “good fortune to experience a period of poverty and chaos in my childhood” because it left me with…
March 20, 2025
Tell Me About Your Eyeglass, Please
Imagine there sits on top of your dresser two sets of eyeglasses. One has green colored lenses, the other red. Which one you choose powerfully…
March 18, 2025
The Superpower of High Achievers
Want to be more, do more, go further, get more accomplished with the same if not less effort? Get ORGANIZED! Structure is the Superpower of…
March 11, 2025
That Wasn’t the Question
Sometimes, when motivation is on the low side, I pretend I’m hearing from someone else the excuses I’m hearing in my head: “But I don’t…
March 6, 2025
Are You A Drifter?
I’ve this theory we all go the same distance in life or at least have the potential to do so. Thing is, a lot of…
March 4, 2025
Finding the Fire
Have you ever ‘lost that loving feeling?’ Days when you just couldn’t seem to find your rhythm? Life seemed a bit bleak and boring? Inspiration…
February 13, 2025
Right? Wrong!!!
Suppose you had a department that was humming along, doing just great. Leader gets promoted and wouldn’t you know it, the minute they are gone,…
February 11, 2025