Ideas and research on living a great life and having a huge impact
Leadership’s forced evolution, it may be rocky but the upside is tremendous The COVID pandemic is requiring a new breed of leaders to come forward, and those that fit this archetype will be coveted by stakeholders and employees equally. The classic leadership focused on maximizing output (not innovation / creativity / service) is being exposed Continue Reading
To achieve great, we must focus on the concepts and strategy above all else. Tactics, the execution day to day, matter but not without a firm grasp on the first. Strategy steers the ultimate possibilities of your venture In order to achieve greatness in our personal and professional life we must consider the arc of our Continue Reading
What if we have wealth and poverty defined wrong — what if it has nothing to do with money and ease of life? One concept that was challenged for me on the trip to Rwanda, was poverty. As it is defined; how I measure it; and what it really means for a person or society. You see, Continue Reading
Is it your idea or the highway? I hope not, because soon you’ll be walking the highway by yourself — alone and ineffectual I find myself in deep and passionate discussions fairly often. I prefer these in fact to the blasé discussions about weather and non-impactful topics. Personally I think we all prefer to have real conversations Continue Reading
What is your desire and how does the pressure to seek it create hesitation and conflict? There is so much in life to compare ourselves against. Every direction we look we see what WE KNOW we can do. What in our hearts of hearts we would love to experience. Personally … But then perhaps, in many Continue Reading
You hear it all the time — I am busy; I am working hard…. and yet, these people (ourselves definitely in some moments), find themselves in the same spot. They are not achieving the creative success — making and releasing the art they love. We are not achieving the financial success, or simple project success of our charity and Continue Reading
Have you ever found yourself wishing you asked a question? Walked away with regret that you didn’t ask a mentor, girl, boy, boss/leader, etc a question? WE ALL DO — it is a fear protection primal mechanism, and frankly it is the one thing you must change. If you want a better life — ask the question on your Continue Reading
How often do you find yourself writing down a goal only to feel like you aren’t making progress, or worse see if fade away as life continues on its merry way. Personally I used to struggle with this and created routines that have helped me go from forgetting my goals, to seeing them achieved. How Continue Reading
I was once told to do what you are good at. Other advisors early in life said ‘pick one thing’. I was confused and honestly couldn’t hang on to one thing. I was curious! Yes I wanted to learn about scouting, camping, fires, and nature. I equally wanted to create an online social site (BBS) with Continue Reading
Have we emerged to a point in life and culture where any story is recognized as worth telling and we have the technology means to deliver to those who would enjoy / benefit from it? I believe so. Is the filming now the new book publishing medium? Given that there are more phones and eyeballs Continue Reading