A great quote from The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman, from April 17, 2023, P.119. No Harm, No Foul "Do away with the opinion I am harmed, and the harm is cast away too. Do away with being harmed, and the harm disappears." ...
When I consider the legion pursuits to which I have given my time, only a few are worthy of my best energy.The trivial many versus the vital few. I stumble around like a blind fool giving myself to mindless, cheap, meaningless drivel that doesn’t mean shit when...
“Can business growth be a bad thing? Here are three things you’re going to need to know before you grow. Mark Whitmore, head coach, Lodestone True North Let’s talk about something that Jim Collins pointed out in his book, Good to Great. He...
They intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see who they really are- Aldous HuxleyDown in the trenches. On the front lines. Nose to the grindstone. We've heard this before, and done this before. And while working hard is by no means a bad idea, let's not...
Carl Jung once said, "We always require an outside point to stand on, in order to apply the lever of criticism."As I've said before, objectivity. An outside view, an observer who is not inside the organization, or the family, or the mind of an individual.So here are...
The fundamental definition of a leader is a person who leads others to a destination. Key words LEAD and DESTINATION. Where exactly are you going? Too often we lead for the sake of leading. This amounts to a cruise ship going around in circles. Not too hateful...
To be trusted is among the greatest privileges we can walk under. And conversely, to lose that trust becomes the most expensive relational loss, and regaining it is near impossible. As business leaders, we can be given, with little question, much trust. By our...
An often overlooked quality necessary to being a good leader is humility. And one place in which that humility becomes essential is in the area of mentoring. Dads and moms mentor. Coaches mentor. Bosses mentor. Pastors and community leaders and CEO's and PTA's and...
Ideas, seminal thoughts, and the unique handmade truths of original thinking are a small flickering candle flame in the window of the mind. When you open it to the world, the winds of popularity quickly blow it out. These small flames are lit in the quiet rooms behind...
What exactly is creativity? Fuel in the engine of an artist? Voices in the head of a musician? It's easier than that. And more accessible and attainable to all of us, not just the 'creative' types. Essentially, it is the ability to see what others do not. When an...
Navigation. The ability to discern the twists and turns, pitfalls and vistas that we come across on the journey to a particular destination, and make necessary course corrections to keep us on target. Often this is something we try to do by ourselves, for ourselves,...
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