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Blind to Our Own Greatness: The Roadblocks Within
Blind to Our Own Greatness: The Roadblocks Within
Falling short of our potential, walking away, no running, galloping from the greatness within each of us. I do it as much as anyone, creating…
July 10, 2025
A Collection of Values
So, one Sunday eve recently as I was researching for a UF class on Leadership that I present to ExecEd MBAs and at the law…
July 8, 2025
In Praise of Developmental Discomfort
Developmental discomfort is the ‘awkward zone’ part of significant change, of significant personal and professional growth. Just as a weightlifter needs to ‘feel the burn’ to…
June 12, 2025
Purposeful Followership
Purposeful followership is a value-driven choice to support a leader, team, or mission, a conscious choice to support worthwhile goals. The concept of purposeful followership…
May 29, 2025
Bar Raising Behavior
Who do you spend your time with? Do they encourage you, inspire you, lift you, challenge you, believe in you? Do they spur you on…
May 13, 2025
Invitation to a VERY Special Event
The invitation is to ‘Your Future’ aka ‘Tomorrow’ and you receive it every dawn. What you do with it is up to you, YOU are…
April 17, 2025
Comfort is a Seductive Adversary
Just as one must strain and push one’s muscles to the limit to grow stronger, so too must you press your mind and spirt to…
April 15, 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
What Would You Do if Your Only Job Description was “Create Value”?
A philosophically oriented entrepreneur once opined that a universal job description could be ‘Find and Retain Profitable Customers’. Job descriptions are important, they define core…
April 1, 2025
Next Action Step?
“Next Action Step?” is my favorite way to end a meeting or conversation. A decision without a plan to implement is just a discussion, a…
March 27, 2025
The Unique Power of Anti-Goals
Sometimes knowing what we don’t want can be as motivational as knowing what we want. Fear is a powerful driving force as is loss aversion,…
March 25, 2025