“Leaders are also responsible for future leadership. They need to identify, develop, and nurture future leaders.” — Max DePree
The Great Handoff
Baby Boomers hold roughly 75% of all executive positions in the United States. Most are ready to retire or move on soon. Many have already begun.
It’s the…
Summary: If you want to experience real freedom and success, do less. Not more.
I have a bad habit. Well, at least one.
Here it is: I have a tendency to try to do too much. There are many things that I have to do, should do, and want to…
I practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. It’s a grappling martial art. Because of the intensity and closeness — it’s easy to pick up on someone else’s “energy.”
The most dangerous people to grapple with are new. They are usually anxious. Some come with ego. Occasionally someone is angry. Or “twitchy.”
It’s not…
Summary: How to “own” what works. An exercise to help you capture and repeat the best of 2021.
My office is strategically located over one of my favorite coffee shops.
While getting my first cup of the morning, I asked the barista how her Thanksgiving was.
“The food had the…
Recently, I’ve been asked to predict what 2022 will bring.
The truth is, I don’t know. 2020 did a great job of throwing a surprise party for the whole planet. 2021 was mostly just 2020 not going home after the party was over.
What’s in store for 2022? I’ve asked…
Summary: Many leaders are tired now. Fatigued. This article is for you: Don’t quit when you are tired…quit when you are done.
Recently, my oldest son and I competed in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) tournament together.
It was a highlight experience. …
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
- Henry Van Dyke
Happy Thanksgiving! Personally, this is probably my favorite holiday. Except, maybe 4th of July, when I can blow stuff up.
This Thanksgiving…
Summary: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
Thought Experiment
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An article where I describe the two primary preferences leaders have for decision-making and how to strengthen both.
My second son is in kindergarten. He’s learning how to read. I’m sure he’d been inspired by his older brother and night-time bed stories. But, in many ways, he’s self-taught. …
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from…
